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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:

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


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


None, as citations shouldn't include links


The DOI, because it doesn't change

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

DOIs are persistent identifiers that resolve to the current location of the item (use https://doi.org/[DOI]). Regular URLs can break, and a journal volume number alone won’t link to the item.