Technical Writing Sources: Citations

The term DOI stands for "Digital Object Identifier." 

The DOI, when available, serves as a permanent link to the article.  It is usually found on the landing page of the article in a database, or on the first page of a print article.

MLA, APA, and other citation formats require the use of a DOI when it is available.

Most, but not all, scholarly/peer reviewed articles have a DOI. 

Help for the following citation styles may be found on this link

• MLA:   Modern Language Association (English/Humanities)
• APA:   American Psychological Association (Social Sciences, Education, Business, (Nursing at ASC)
• Chicago/Turabian:   Chicago Manual of Style (History)
• CSE:   Council of Science Editors (Life Sciences)
• ACS:   American Chemical Society (Chemistry)
• IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science)
• ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Mechanical Engineering)
• ASCE:   American Society of Civil Engineers (Civil Engineering)