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NoodleToolsCreate a Bibliography or Works
Cited List (and prevent plagiarism by staying organized)
Contra Costa College LibraryFall 2012
What is NoodleTools
Organize, create, store, write• Save personal copies of sources• Begin a working bibliography• Copy-and-paste relevant quotes onto notecards• Paraphrase the author’s words• Analyze, question and add your own ideas• Tag and pile your notes – what emerges? • Create an outline, add piles – reorder and experiment!• Create [essay, speech, product…] with a bibliography
…but if you mess up, you can change styles later!
Choose a styleChoose a style
Name your projectName your project
Keep your focusKeep your focus
Watch your work growWatch your work grow
Share with [teacher dropbox name—if your teacher uses, it will be
in syllabus or in an assignment]
Assignment, calendar, notes
Share and work with your team in real-time
Share and work with your team in real-time
Keep everything together
Keep everything together
Plan to stay organizedPlan to stay organized
Use feedback from [teachers’ names] to improve your work
Use feedback from [teachers’ names] to improve your work
Read comments on your notes if your teacher
uses this feature
Read comments on your notes if your teacher
uses this feature
See comments on your sources too (if your teacher
uses this feature)!
See comments on your sources too (if your teacher
uses this feature)!
Bibliography Screen
Choose the best matchFrom the drop-down menu
Choose the best matchFrom the drop-down menu
Copy-and-paste to avoid spelling errors
Copy-and-paste to avoid spelling errors
Correct errors on the fly!
Correct errors on the fly!
Watch the citation “build” as you type
Watch the citation “build” as you type
PartPart
WholeWhole
Save to your listSave to your list
No more “refinding” problems!Save (and mark up)
your own copy of a Web source.
No more “refinding” problems!Save (and mark up)
your own copy of a Web source.
Certain sources (e.g., popular reference works) are only cited in notes in
Chicago style.
If you need to include a source because you’ve annotated it, you can!
Certain sources (e.g., popular reference works) are only cited in notes in
Chicago style.
If you need to include a source because you’ve annotated it, you can!
See how to make your in-text reference for
MLA and APA
See how to make your in-text reference for
MLA and APA
…or the full and shortened footnote for Chicago style
…or the full and shortened footnote for Chicago style
Or a footnote and shortened footnote for
Chicago style
Or a footnote and shortened footnote for
Chicago style
Get help when you need it!
Get help when you need it!
Questions we’ve been asked…
• How can I tell if this is common knowledge?
• Is a PDF cited like a book?
• What if I don’t have the page number because I returned the book?
• Is the Christian Science Monitor a newspaper or a magazine?
• How do I cite a web page in a database?
• What do I put in an annotation?
Analyze your list
Format and export your bibliography to a word
processor (or Google docs)
Format and export your bibliography to a word
processor (or Google docs)
Keep a portfolio of your work
CREATING A FREE CCC ACCOUNT…
• You must create your account ON CAMPUS or you will not have the full version of Noodletools.
• Go to www.noodletools.com –there should be a green box saying you are about to sign in to the CCC subscription
• Create your personal ID and password– Record these someplace you can easily find
• When you use NoodleTools after that, login only with your personal ID and password
Review…
Specifically for your essay, project…• Use style your instructor requires [MLA, APA or
Chicago/Turabian]. If in Library Studies, you must use MLA ADVANCED.
• Cite as you go (books, quality websites, database articles…)
• Add notes as you read, annotate to understand• Organize notes in piles, add tags and reminders• Build an outline, cluster your notes under headings• Share your working list and notes with your instructor if
specified– Get feedback as you go
• Create your project and works cited list!
NoodleToolsStart your research!
For more teaching ideas: support [at] noodletools [dot] com