Day 1
NoodleTools & Graduation Project 2014
Logging In
Creating Projects
Sharing the DropBox
Making an Outline
Start with Library Page
Sign In or Register
After you register or login, the next screen will be “My Projects”
Review:
Did you choose the correct style and level?
Review: Did you name your project Graduation Project?
Manage your project from the Dashboard
SHARE the project with your teacher
Start typing 14MooreChoose your period
Type your name
Check the box Share Project
Input YOUR gmail information
ACCEPT
Successfully linked projects will have all three
checkmarks
Enter your research question and your thesis statement
Click HERE to access the outline
Day 2 Monday
NoodleTools & Graduation Project 2014
PA Career Zone
Creating Citations
Adding Notecards
From the LIBRARY HOMEPAGE
Choose the MOST RELEVANT result
Gather all of your information
THERE IS NO AUTHOR FOR PA CAREER ZONE!
Career Zone Pennsylvania is the name of the website
PA Department of Educationis the publisher
Copy the unique URL for your specific job’s page
Click HERE to create a citation
Make your citation BEFORE your note card!!
Click HERE to create a citation
Make your citation BEFORE your note card!!
To create a citation choose the
best matchfrom the drop-
down menu
Copy-and-paste to avoid spelling errors
Able to change format.
Correct errors on the fly!
NOODLETOOLS WILL SAVE AUTOMATICALLY, BUT
MAKE SURE THE BOX IS CHECKED AT THE END OF EACH CITATION AND HIT
SUBMIT!
EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE IN PROCESS (DRAFT) WILL LOOK LIKE.
It’s easy to add more sources !
Make your notecards AFTER
you have created citations
See how to make your in-text reference for
MLA and APA
Copy and paste here to captureauthor’s words.
Notecard is linked to source.
Paraphrase here.
YOU CAN HAVE SHORT OR LONG DIRECT QUOTATIONS.
Then start to mark it up
USE COLORS TO HIGHLIGHT SENTENCES YOU MAY WANT TO
PARAPHRASE.
Explain it to yourself
Help
Paraphrasing is putting the ideas of an author into your own words.
FOR YOUR PROJECT THE “TITLE” WILL BE THE NAME OF YOUR BODY PARAGRAPH.
If your note isn’t linked to a source, find it in this list of all your sources
Source
Notes
Feedback from teacher
Format and export your bibliography to a word
processor (or Google docs)
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Searching Databases using
INFOTRAC
From the LIBRARY HOMEPAGE
Checkmark BOTH boxes
KEYWORD PHRASE ONLY
Click a subject that is related to your research
question
This can be done many times in order to LIMIT the
results list
Scroll to the bottom
Select DATABASE
Choose MAGAZINE
Only do this for APPROVED RESOURCES
Paste citation hereCHECK for spelling errors
Remove unnecessary formatting
DONE!
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Using Britannica Online
From the LIBRARY HOMEPAGE
Different types of sources
Use the descriptions to find the BEST, most RELEVANT articles
CITE!
Leave out the brackets!
Fix the title!Remove the boldface
Capitalize the important words
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Outlining
Creating Piles
Organize notes flexibly
What notes have similar titles or topics? • Pile them together• Add them to your outline
What if I make new combinations of notes? • What other ways can I order my outline?• Do new grouping suggest new ways to
analyze what I know? New ideas? New questions?
Click HERE to access the outline
Your new notecards are waiting on the tabletop
Add colors and cues to remind yourself what needs to be done and what’s important.
Create a new pile from your highlighted notecards
Piles are possible subtopics for an outline
Build your outline on-the-fly…
Look for “options”
…or create it before you take notes.
Drag notes and piles into your outline
Watch your outline grow as you add notecards
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Plagiarism
How to tell if you are plagiarizing?
Are my own word being used?
Tips for effective paraphrasing:
1. Statement must be in your own words.
2. If you use any phrases that are in the original quote, place them in quotation marks.
3. Add a citation – even if a paraphrase is in your own words, it is still someone else’s idea.
4. Having difficulty paraphrasing? Make a short list of the quote’s main idea and words that relate to it. Incorporate the concepts and words in your paraphrase.