The DOI, or digital object identifier, is a unique number given to some, but not all, scholarly articles. It is written in this form: 10.5465/amp.2017.0130.
Finding the DOI
- A DOI is typically found in an article's citation but may also be located in the PDF heading or in other areas of the full-text document.
- If you cannot find the DOI in the article's citation, you can also try searching for the item on Crossref Metadata Search.
Searching for articles by DOI
- If you have the DOI, you can enter it into the main search box on the library homepage to see if it is available in the library collection.
Using DOIs in APA citations (American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 299)
- If an article has a DOI, always include it in the reference.
- If an online work has both a DOI and a URL, use only the DOI.
- If an online work is from an academic research database and doesn't have a DOI, do not include the URL (because these are considered widely available.)
- If an online work is from a website (not an academic database), provide the URL in the reference if a DOI is not available.
See the APA Style Guide's Reference Examples from the Center for Writing Excellence (CWE) for more information on APA citation formats.
Reference:
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
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