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. url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/acm/refs/heads/main/apis.yml image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg 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: '0.19' type: Index access: Public position: Provider 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/ baseURL: https://dl.acm.org 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/ baseURL: https://dl.acm.org properties: - 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 - 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 baseURL: https://dl.acm.org 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: 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