A Digital Object Identifier or DOI is an alpha numeric string that identifies digital content such as a journal article or an e-book. The DOI usually appears in the following format: https://doi.org/10.1037/arc0000014
This identifier is unique to a piece of digital content and provides a persistent link to that content no matter where it is located online.
DOIs are primarily used to identify articles, ebooks, reports, theses, datasets etc and are the preferred locator used at the end of a citation.
A DOI will allow you to:
- Check if the University Library provides access to the item
- Verify a reference
- Search FiNDit or the internet with the DOI and locate the item or any other reference that has cited it.
