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The ACM Digital Library includes "the complete text of articles published by ACM since its inception." |
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The ACM Guide includes citations
for "books, journals, proceedings and theses." Search
the Library Catalog to find out if the materials are available
at Owens Library or must be borrowed from another library through the
MOBIUS Catalog (for books) or Interlibrary Loan (for articles). |
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| Upper and Lower Case | ACM Portal | |
| » | Enter all searches (except acronyms or proper nouns) in lower case | visual basic ACM "Apple Computer" |
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| Word Variations | ACM Portal | |
| » | Retrieves some word variations | program retrieves program & programs, but does not necessarily retrieve programming--ACM sometimes (but not consistently) retrieves word variants |
| » | Retrieve variant spellings | col*r retrieves color or colour |
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| Phrases | ACM Portal | |
| » | Enter phrases in quotation marks | "carpal tunnel" |
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| Include or Exclude Words or Phrases | ACM Portal | |
| » | To include a word or phrase, use a + sign before the word or phrase | +"carpal tunnel" "repetitive stress syndrome" will retrieve sources that include the phrase carpal tunnel and may include the phrase repetitive stress syndrome +"carpal tunnel" +"repetitive stress syndrome" will only retrieve sources that include both the phrase carpal tunnel and the phrase repetitive syndrome |
| » | To exclude a word
or phrase, use a - sign before the word or phrase |
+Java +script -web will retrieve sources that include the words Java (capitalized) and the word script, but not the word web |
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| Find in Title | ACM Portal | |
| » | To locate a word or phrase in a title, use the +title: command | +title:"carpal tunnel" will retrieve sources with the phrase carpal tunnel in the title |
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| » | When the results list appears, it will be sorted by a score (indicating relevance). Click links to order the display by Title, Publication, or Publication Date |
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