As you may know, ACM Professional Membership offers a wealth of informative resources and opportunities to its members. This page provides a brief overview of what a new member can expect to receive with their ACM Membership. These benefits are also listed on the Quick Join Forms and .pdf applications on the Corporate and Academic Recruitment Tools pages. If you haven't already, you may also want to familiarize yourself with the ACM Fact Sheet and/or to peruse the Student Member Benefits.


Why Should Your Referral Join ACM?
ACM Professional Membership includes:

	Full and unlimited access to over 3,000 online courses and 1,100 online books.
	A wealth of filtered, high-quality computing information resources
	A vast network of nearly 90,000 highly qualified professional peers
	Help with your career and professional needs
	A special 15% discount on ACM Membership and the ACM Digital Library

ACM PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Fantastic computing information resources, including:

	Full and unlimited access to 600 online books from Safari® Books Online, featuring leading publishers including O’Reilly
	Full and unlimited access to 500 online books from Books24x7®
	Full and unlimited access to over 3,000 online courses from SkillSoft
	Queuecasts, from the creators of ACM Queue magazine - monthly conversations with technology experts. Plus, Professional Members and Student Transitioning Members can also receive a free electronic subscription to Queue
	The option to subscribe to the full ACM Digital Library, which contains full-text of all articles in ACM's journals and magazines, conference proceedings, and SIG newsletters
	Full access to the Guide to Computing Literature, with over one million searchable bibliographic citations, extending far beyond ACM's proprietary literature
	The option to subscribe to any of ACM's 40+ journals and magazines at special member-only rates
	TechNews, our tri-weekly email digest delivers stories on the latest IT news
	CareerNews, our bi-weekly email digest providing career-related topics
	MemberNet, our monthly e-newsletter, covering ACM people and activities
	A subscription to Communications of the ACM, ACM's flagship monthly magazine covering all aspects of computing
	Email Forwarding Address & Filtering Service providing members with a free acm.org email address and Postini spam filtering
	Email Table-of-Contents Alerts for any ACM journal, magazine, conference proceeding or SIG newsletter
	ACM Multiple-Year Renewal option offering flexibility and convenience
	ACM's Lifetime Membership provides the option to make a single dues payment for life
	ACM's Member Recognition Program acknowledges the professional accomplishments of our members with three member grades: Senior Member, Fellow, and Distinguished Engineer, Scientist, or Member

Incredible networking opportunities

	A vast network of nearly 90,000 highly dedicated professional and student peers
	The opportunity to join one or more of ACM's Special Interest Groups in 34 specialty areas of IT, including computer graphics, human-computer interaction, and many more
	The opportunity to join one of more than 125+ ACM Professional Chapters worldwide
	ACM's exclusive online member Forums, with chat, private messaging, and email alert functionality

Valuable discounts on "must-have" goods and services

	Discounts and special access to valuable products and services through the ACM's Insurance, Discounts, and Special Offers Programs such as credit cards, insurance, software, hardware, IT publications, and more
	Discounts on all ACM journals and magazines
	Discounted rates on ACM conferences

ACM Professional Membership is an invaluable asset!
The cost? ACM Professional Membership is regularly only $99 (USD) for a full-year subscription, but your referral will receive a special 15% discount off of membership dues + the Digital Library.

See our special first year Introductory Membership offer located at http://www.acm.org/joinacm3.