Abstract
The ACL Anthology is an online repository that serves as a comprehensive
collection of publications in the field of natural language processing (NLP)
and computational linguistics (CL). This paper presents a tool called ``ACL
Anthology Helper''. It automates the process of parsing and downloading papers
along with their meta-information, which are then stored in a local MySQL
database. This allows for efficient management of the local papers using a wide
range of operations, including "where," "group," "order," and more. By
providing over 20 operations, this tool significantly enhances the retrieval of
literature based on specific conditions. Notably, this tool has been
successfully utilised in writing a survey paper (Tang et al.,2022a). By
introducing the ACL Anthology Helper, we aim to enhance researchers' ability to
effectively access and organise literature from the ACL Anthology. This tool
offers a convenient solution for researchers seeking to explore the ACL
Anthology's vast collection of publications while allowing for more targeted
and efficient literature retrieval.