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  • Delete any MIT Author names that do not match the authorized form used in the MIT Author field
    • Re-enter the names of MIT Authors using the authorized form used in the MIT Author field
  • Delete any names with incorrect or missing punctuation
    • Re-enter deleted names with the correct punctuation*

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  • If a DOI has not been provided (Or if the DOI was incorrect)
  • Enter the name of the Journal which has published or will be publishing the item
  • Search the OA DB to locate the appropriate form of the Title (as used in the OA collection)
  • Drop articles from the beginning of all Journal Titles - when manually entering
  • Do not use the phrase "forthcoming in:" of "submitted to:" before the Journal title
    • These phrases will be used when creating the citation
  • See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_08. for additional information

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  • If a DOI has not been provided (Or if the DOI was incorrect)
  • Enter the citation by either:
    • Cut and paste citation from publisher page;
    • Download citation into Zotero or other citation management program. Create a MLA citation for the item; or
    • Create the MLA citation yourself if (1) a citation is not provided by the publisher or (2) the item is forthcoming but not yet published.
      • Example of a citation for a forthcoming publication: Author. "Title." Forthcoming in: Journal Title.
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    *Addition:* Add *© \[year of publication 20XX\] Publisher* to the end of all citations in which we are cataloging the "*Final Published Version*" (See Manuscript Version field)
    • EXCEPTION: Do not add the copyright statement for "Final Published Versions" if it is obvious from the item or the DOI page that the author(s) maintain(s) the copyright.
  • See MITOA Best Practices: MITOA_14. for additional information

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  • If a DOI has not been provided (Or if the DOI was incorrect)
  • Enter all authors for an item
  • Enter in the order they appear on the item
  • Enter in the form found on the item (don’t use a fuller form of name that we may be getting from other sources)
  • Use semicolon+space separators between names
  • Names should be formatted as Last, First M. or Last, F. M.
  • Examples:
    • Warden, M. R.; Miller, E. K.
    • Henry, Asegun; Chen, Gang; Plimpton, Steven; Thompson, Aidan
    • Cho, Taeg Sang; Lee, Kyeong-Jae; Kong, Jing; Chandrakasan, Anantha P.

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