Persistent Unique Identifiers (PIDs) are globally unique, persistent, machine-resolvable digital identifiers with an associated metadata schema.
How to Use PIDs: They link researchers and research outputs to their underlying data and associated metadata
Persistent Identifiers covered in this guide:
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- ISBN
- ISSN
- ORCID
Special thanks to Jesse Long (https://transportation.libguides.com/persistent_identifiers), Jennifer Muilenburg (https://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/PID), and Anna Neatrour (https://campusguides.lib.utah.edu/identifiers) for permission to use text from their Libguides on persistent identifiers.