Sonny Software

Is is possible to add support for ACM's digital library for searching?

I don't know. Contact me directly with more information about this source and we'll see.

Jon
Sonny Software

Did anyone ever successfully get importing from the ACM Digital Library working?

http://portal.acm.org/

If so, I'd love to hear about it. If not, it is a truly vast resource if you are in any area of computing or new media science / culture / art - if anyone has any suggestions on how to procede, or wants to work with me to create one, including it in Bookends would be a major selling point for academics in my field(s).

I just did a quick search on a topic. The results could be output as "EndNote". This is just the standard Refer format -- it can be copied to the clipboard and imported from there.

So yes, at least in my very limited trial it seems you can import from ACM Digital Library.

Jon
Sonny Software

Thanks -

I was so focused on the Bookends Internet Search dialog and the Import Filter Manager that I forget to carefully check the ACM web interface.

To clarify for anyone who has this question in the future:

1. Go to http://portal.acm.org/
2. Run a search or add citations as you find them to a "binder"
3. Output to either BibTex or EndNote
4. Import to Bookends

There is also a format called ACM Ref - but since they export to standard formats, there is no reason to add yet another import method to Bookends.