ScholarWorks at WMU: DOI
This is a guide to help people understand and use WMU's scholarly repository.
Digital Object Identifier System
About Digital Object Identifiers
A Digital object identifier (DOI) is a string of characters used to uniquely identify an electronic document. The document can be an article, book or other text file, as well as an image, audio or video file. A DOI can be assigned to a whole journal, an article within a journal, or even a chart within an article.You will see DOI names displayed as: DOI:10.1000/182 but more recently they are given in a URL format: http://dx.doi.org/10.1000/182
Below are a few useful links, For more in depth information, look at the DOI system pages in the adjacent box, especially the FAQs and handbook.
- DOI Wikipedia explanationSimple overview on Digital Object Identifiers.
- CrossRefCrossRef is the official DOI® link registration agency for scholarly and professional publications. It is an independent membership association, founded and directed by publishers. CrossRef’s mandate is to connect users to primary research content, by enabling publishers to work collectively.
