ACM Digital Library

• Keywords matching your search terms will be highlighted in yellow. 
• Your results will be ranked in order of relevance by default. To select an alternative order, click the downward facing arrow next to Recency (right side of page, underneath number of total results). Learn more about sorting options in the top right-hand box. 
• You can change how many results are displayed per page. View 10, 20, or 50 results at a time by clicking the numbers next to Per Page (right side of page, underneath number of total results). 
• When a search query returns more than 2000 records, only the first 2000 records are viewable.
• You may notice several tabs along the top of the results page. The main tab (Results) will include all of the results returned by your keywords, regardless of format. Click each tab to view the corresponding content related to your search. Learn more about tabs in the second right-hand box. 
• To access an individual item record from the results page, click on the title (indicated in blue) to open it. This will give you access to the abstract and full text of the item where available. Click here to learn more about item records. 

You can refine your results by using the filters on the left-hand side of the results page. Refine by: 

• People: filter by name associated with the work, including authors, editors, advisors, reviewers and organisational affiliations. 
• Publications: filter by specific publication (e.g., journal title), publisher, awards, publication type (e.g., proceeding, journals, newsletters), and content type (e.g., research paper, monograph).
• Conferences: filter by specific event, conference series, or funding body. 
• Reproducibility badges: The ACM Digital Library uses Artifact badges to indicate the quality and availability of research artifacts associated with published papers. These badges help users identify papers with reliable and accessible supplementary materials. View the full list of badges and their meanings here. 
• Publication date: filter by past year, 2 years, and 5 years, or specify a custom range by dragging the start/finish dates on the publication date infographic. 

To view and remove filters, scroll to the top of the result pages and refer to the Applied Filters box.

• To clear individual filters, click the cross button in the upper right-hand corner of each filter box.
• To clear all filters, click the Clear All button in the bottom right-hand corner of the Applied Filters box. 

Each item record in ACM Digital Library includes the following information:

• Bibliographic information including title, publication title and publication date
• Author(s) with links to author profiles; author profiles signpost other works and key bibliometrics, such as total number of citations.
• Citation and download metrics (located on the left-hand side of the page, beneath bibliographic and author information). Hover over the icons for quick view, or click Total Citations or Total Downloads for a more in-depth look. Learn more about research metrics here. 
• Citation Alert, Save to Binder, Export Citation functions. 
• Options to open eReader or PDF versions of the full text where it is available. If these options are not available, see guidance on Accessing full text. 

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You can also use the icon menu to the right of the abstract to access an information panel, with tabs for each of the below: 

• Information and Authors summarises bibliographic information (e.g., title, publisher, publication date) and contributing author metrics. 
• Bibliometrics and Citations provides access to the same in-depth metrics signposted above, overviewing total number of citations and downloads, in addition to bibliographic details of citations. 
• View Options provides access to an eReader or PDF version of the full text where available.
• References lists all references cited by the item. 
• Share provides a shareable link to the item, and options to distribute via social media. 

The following information is available underneath the abstract: 

• A complete reference list 
• A cited by list
• An Index term diagram where available. Learn more about refining your search using index terms here. 
• Recommended related readings 

Recency: the default search ranking. Sorts by relevance but applies a penalty to older documents (i.e., older documents will receive a lower relevance ranking)

Earliest: least recently published

Latest: most recently published

Downloaded: most downloaded by users of ACM Digital Library

Cited: highly cited number of times they have been cited (learn more about research metrics here) 

Videos: typically from conference proceedings

Periodicals: journal titles or conference proceedings which may be relevant to your search 

Software: digital artefacts included alongside paper submissions, learn more here

People: authors profiles which may be relevant to your search