ACM Digital Library

aid: acm
name: ACM Digital Library
kind: company
description: The ACM Digital Library is the world's most comprehensive collection of full-text articles and bibliographic
  literature covering computing and information technology. Published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), it
  provides access to journals, conference proceedings, magazines, newsletters, and technical reports spanning the complete
  history of ACM publications. As of January 2026, the ACM Digital Library is fully open access, offering free basic access
  to its entire corpus of computing research. Programmatic access is available through web-based search endpoints, DOI-based
  content retrieval, citation export (BibTeX, EndNoteL, ACM Ref), and Premium tier bulk download and research analytics capabilities.
  The library also provides the ACM Guide to Computing Literature, a comprehensive bibliographic database extending beyond
  ACM publications to cover the broader computing literature.
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  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
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  generated: '2026-08-28'
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  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
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tags:
- Academic
- Bibliographic Records
- Citations
- Computing
- Conference Proceedings
- DOI
- Digital Library
- Journals
- Metadata
- Open Access
- Publications
- Research
- Scholarly
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
type: Index
access: Public
position: Producing
apis:
- aid: acm:acm-search-api
  name: ACM Digital Library Search API
  description: The ACM Digital Library search endpoint allows programmatic querying of computing literature across ACM's full
    publication corpus. Queries are issued against the doSearch action endpoint with parameters for full-text search terms,
    pagination (startPage, pageSize), and scope expansion. The endpoint returns HTML responses reflecting search results and
    supports access to ACM conference proceedings, journals, magazines, and the broader ACM Guide to Computing Literature.
    Institutional or ACM member authentication unlocks access to full-text content beyond open-access articles.
  humanURL: https://dl.acm.org/search/
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dl.acm.org/search/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/authentication
  tags:
  - Bibliographic Records
  - Computing
  - Conference Proceedings
  - Full-Text Search
  - Journals
  - Metadata
  - Publications
  - Research
  - Search
- aid: acm:acm-content-retrieval-api
  name: ACM Digital Library Content Retrieval API
  description: Individual publications, conference papers, and journal articles in the ACM Digital Library are accessible
    via persistent DOI-based URLs at dl.acm.org/doi/{doi}. ACM maintains DOI registration through CrossRef and operates its
    own DOI resolution service. As of January 2026, all ACM-published content is open access, making bibliographic metadata
    and many full-text articles freely available. The endpoint supports retrieval of article abstracts, author information,
    affiliation data, citation counts, and full-text PDF downloads where permitted.
  humanURL: https://dl.acm.org/
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://libraries.acm.org/digital-library/platform-and-features
  - type: OpenAccess
    url: https://dl.acm.org/openaccess
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/authentication
  tags:
  - Articles
  - Content
  - DOI
  - Full Text
  - Metadata
  - Open Access
  - Publications
  - Retrieval
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  - Content
  - DOI
  - Full-Text
  - Metadata
  - Open Access
  - Publications
  - Retrieval
- aid: acm:acm-citation-export-api
  name: ACM Digital Library Citation Export API
  description: The ACM Digital Library provides citation export functionality supporting BibTeX, EndNote, and ACM Reference
    format downloads for individual articles and bulk search result sets. Users can export individual citations from article
    pages or export all results from a search query. The export interface is accessible through the web UI and supports selecting
    individual items or all search results. BibTeX exports are compatible with reference managers including Mendeley and Zotero.
    Premium subscribers have access to enhanced citation tools and bulk export capabilities.
  humanURL: https://libraries.acm.org/training-resources/new-dl-features/citation-functions
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://libraries.acm.org/training-resources/new-dl-features/citation-functions
  - type: ExportGuide
    url: https://libraries.acm.org/training-resources/new-dl-features/exporting-citations
  tags:
  - BibTeX
  - Citations
  - EndNote
  - Export
  - Metadata
  - Reference Management
  - Scholarly
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/acm-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/acm-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/acm-finops.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/acm-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/acm-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://dl.acm.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://libraries.acm.org/digital-library/platform-and-features
- type: Authentication
  url: https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/authentication
- type: Pricing
  url: https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access
- type: CorporatePricing
  url: https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/corporate-pricing
- type: GovernmentPricing
  url: https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/government/dl-pricing
- type: AcademicPricing
  url: https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/academic/dl-pricing
- type: OpenAccess
  url: https://dl.acm.org/openaccess
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/copyright-policy
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.acm.org/about-acm/privacy-policy
- type: Blog
  url: https://cacm.acm.org/
- type: TrainingResources
  url: https://libraries.acm.org/training-resources
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-for-computing-machinery
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/TheOfficialACM
- type: Support
  url: https://dl.acm.org/contact
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com