Since ACL Anthology website only hosts google based search, which allows no search groups and boolean operators or search scopes, I created this lightweight and flexible search script to search the ACL database. Especially well fitted for SLR keyword search.
For using this script download the acl anthology database with abstracts (37mb): https://aclanthology.org/anthology+abstracts.bib.gz Include the local path to the UNPACKED bib file.
You can search by term groups.
- Terms in each group are divided by OR
- Groups are connected with AND If you need fewer groups or just want to do a OR search, comment groups out in func "matches_query" (line 46ff). You can add groups the other way round.
When starting the script you can choose search scope (title, abstract, title&abstract, full text). Keep in mind: Not all papers include abstracts in the acl database.
Terms supported:
- prefix wildcard matching (model → model, models, modeling)
- flexible phrase matching: "dark web" matches: dark web dark web forum dark web-based
Results will be printed and additionally exported.
MIT License. See LICENSE.