A Digital Object Identifier (DOI), is an ID number for a specific item - like a journal article. It's a shortcut: instead of needing to write out a full citation for an item, you can just use the DOI to keep track of it. Some citation styles include DOIs in article references, and you can search for articles using just the DOI.
Librarian Tip: You'll need to take a couple more steps to get the DOI to connect to the MCPHS collection, otherwise the publisher will try to charge you individually for access. Scroll down for those quick steps!
You can usually find a DOI at the top of an article, with the title, author and other journal-related information. To use it, copy and paste it to your Blackboard page, or wherever you're saving or sharing articles. Note: you'll want to make sure you've included the proxy info (see below) so that you're using MCPHS subscriptions and publishers don't try to charge you for individual access.
There are a few ways to use DOIs to get to articles:
Use this process to take a general DOI and add proxy information so that you save a DOI that includes MCPHS subscription access. Without the MCPHS subscription access, the publisher may try to charge you for access to each article.
You want a persistent link to the article "Regulation of sugar transporter activity for antibacterial defense in Arabidopsis" in Science.
You want a persistent link to the article "Regulation of sugar transporter activity for antibacterial defense in Arabidopsis" in Science.
