What is a DOI?
"A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency (the International DOI Foundation) to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location on the Internet." -American Psychological Association (APA)
Where can you find a DOI?
You can find the DOI in the search results list or the abstract page for a particular article.
Please Note: not all articles are assigned a DOI's (Digital Object Identifier), see flow chart below for info.
From the Purdue OWL, see how to cite the DOI.
"Development Through Life" by Newman & Newman |
Academic Search Premier & SocIndex | PsycINFO* | ERIC | Library of Congress Subject Headings |
---|---|---|---|---|
Infancy (0-2) | Infants (0-2) | Early Childhood Development (0-5) | Infants (0-2) |
Infants (0-2) |
Toddlerhood (2 & 3) | Children (0-12) | Childhood Development (0-12) |
Children (0-12) | Children (0-12) |
Early School Age (4-6) | ||||
Middle Childhood (6-12) | ||||
Early Adolescence (12-18) | Teenagers/Adolescence (13-18) | Adolescent Development (13-17) | Adolescents (13-17) | Adolescence\Teenagers (13-18) |
Youth (13-25) | Youth (13-25) | |||
Later Adolescence (18-24) | Young Adult (18-25) | Adult Development (18+) |
Adults (18+) | Young Adults (18-25) |
Early Adulthood (24-34) | Adulthood (25-40) | Adulthood | ||
Middle Adulthood (34 - 60) | Middle Age / Middle Aged Persons (40 - 60) | Middle age / Middle aged persons | ||
Later Adulthood (60 - 75) | Older Aged People/Old Age (60+) | Older Adults (65+) |
Older Adults (65+) | Old age / Aged |
Very Old Age (75+) |
* PsycINFO offers an Age Group field, see below.
You can use the following Age Groups (words only, no numbers) to limit your search:
Neonatal (0-1 mos) | Young Adulthood (18-29) |
Infancy (2-23 mos) | Adulthood (18+) |
Childhood (0-12) | Thirties (30-39) |
Preschool Age (2-5) | Middle Age (40-64) |
School Age (6-12) | Aged (65+) |
Adolescence (13-17) | Very Old (85+) |
In the example below we use the search term domestic violence and limit to the Young Adulthood age group