Asked by clay

You’ve created a list of citations in MLA style, and you paste the list into a pinned comment on your BookTok post to give credit where credit is due. There’s no linking available in the comments, but at least your followers will be able to know where you found your sources.

Creating your BookTok was really fun, and you think you're ready to develop a full-fledged video series. You notice many creators post a link to their video channels in their bio with the words, “Check out my channel here!” This gives you an idea: You can use the profile section to link your sources!

When you add your sources to the profile section, what part of a citation contains the most reliable link to the original online source?
Question 9 options:

None, as citations shouldn't include links


An online journal's volume number, because the number will link you directly to that volume


The DOI, because it doesn't change


A direct URL link that has been pasted at the end of the citation

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The DOI, because it doesn't change.

DOIs are persistent identifiers that resolve via https://doi.org/ (e.g., https://doi.org/10.1234/abcd), so they're far more reliable than journal volume numbers or raw URLs. If a DOI isn't available, use the publisher's stable permalink or an archived link (Wayback) rather than a transient page URL.