An Introduction to Digital Object Identifiers

A brief introduction to Digital Object Identifiers and their advantages.

Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are unique identifiers assigned to digital content so that it can be consistently and accurately referenced. Using DOIs instead of non-persistent links provides several benefits for both researchers and repositories.

To find out more about the benefits of DOIs, visit the ADS website and check out our DOI cheatsheet with everything you need to know about these persistent identifiers.

ADS website: https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk
URLs and Persistent Identifiers – What’s the Difference? https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/...
How do DOIs benefit the ADS and other repositories? https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/...
How do DOIs affect me? https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/...

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Created by Mckenna Crowe https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5644-162X

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0.00 DOIs are better than URLs
0.25 What is a DOI?
1.13 How do DOIs work
1.41 Using DOIs in the ADS
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