Using Noodle Tools
Noodle Tools is a digital way to keep track of your notes and citations,
and it will help you create a Works Cited page. But it is cheating.
Sorry ... but to make a Works Cited Page is not that hard, and I think
it is worth learning. Like Addition and Subtraction. Sure, you can use
the calculator on your phone, but why not just learn how to do things?
Well ... I'm old and Grumpy so maybe that's why.
Noddle Tools Support page: https://noodletools.freshdesk.com/support/home
Student Support Page here:
Video Supports start here:
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Create an Account
1. You need to sign into our class blackboard page, choose “Assignments,” then “Noodle Tools.”
2. Now click on the link to “Create a Personal ID.”
3. Select "I am a student or library patron” and enter your expected graduation date.
Use your student ID number as your ID and create a password.
4. For Easy Login Retrieval type in your initials and last 4 digits of your phone number at home.
5. Click on the Register button.
Create your Project
1. Go to Noodle Tools via our class blackboard entry or go to http://www.noodletools.com.
2. Fill in your Personal ID and Password, and then click on the Sign In button.
3. Click on right side of the screen for “Create a new project.”
(a) Citation Style: use MLA
(b) Citation Level: use Advanced
(c) Description: YOUR LAST NAME + PROJECT NAME
4. Click “Create Project.”
Create a Citation
1. Click on Create a new list (or on Bibliography in navigation bar).
2. Enter a Description name for the list.
3. Click on Create List.
4. Enter a citation:
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The page heading will be Works Cited. You will see Cite a ____ (with drop down arrow)
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Choose the type of resource from the drop‐down menu and click on Create Citation.
[Example: for magazine article from a database, choose “Magazine”]
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The page heading will be Create MLA Citation.
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Read through the definitions list to help you decide if you have selected the correct type of resource.
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Make changes if needed,
then click the Next button.
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Answer the question “What is the Publication Medium for this source?”
[Example: for magazine article from a database, select “Online”] then click Next.
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The next page asks “Was this work originally in print?”
[Example: for magazine article from a database, select “Retrieved from online database”
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Further down the page under “Tell us more about this source,” it asks “What specifically
are you citing?” Make your selection and then click the Next button.
[Example: for a magazine article from a database, select “An article”]
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The next page will have boxes to fill in with the article details, such as author, title of the
article, magazine title. Pay attention to the information shown on the right of each box
— it can answer a question you might have and/or provide more detailed help if needed.
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Click on “Check for Errors” button near the bottom. After making any needed corrections,
click on “Generate Citation.”
5. If you want to add another citation, begin the steps anew by selecting the type of resource
from the drop-down menu and clicking on “Create Citation.”
(You can always come back and add more citations later.)
6. When you are finished with your Works Cited list, you may choose “Print,” “Save as Word
Doc,” “Share” (if you need to share with a teacher), “Email,” or “Analysis” (for
information about how many different types of resources you have).
7. If you choose “Print” or “Save as Word Doc,” you have the option to make some
format changes. Then choose “Open” and “Print” or “Preview” under the heading
“Export” and print (but be sure to print only from a word processing program so that
formatting is correct).
Additional Noodle Tools Features
1. NOTECARDS: create online notecards for quotations, paraphrases, and/or ideas and attach
them to the appropriate citation.
On left side of screen under “Components,” go to “Work Cited.”
Choose one source to create a notecard; click right side for “Notecards.”
On the notecards screen, create a title for your notecard in top left corner
Choose and link the notecard to your source where you have recorded information
Copy and paste a quotation into the notecard section “Direct Quotation.”
Put the quotation in your own words in the section entitled “Paraphrase or Summary.”
Explain why this quote is important to your research under “My Ideas.”
At the bottom right side of the screen click on “Save.”
2. Notecards can be stacked, rearranged and placed in piles across your desktop display
so you can arrange them and keep multiple ideas separated for easy access when you
are ready to write your research paper.
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This guide adapted from numerous other original documents, including one retrieved from http://coast.contracosta.edu/legacycontent/library/guides/NoodleTools-fall09.pdf
