Accessing Noodletools at Home

NOODLETOOLS – Helpful Hints

Accessing NoodleTools at Home

·  Go to noodletools.com and enter the same login information that you use at school.

Creating a Citation

·  Click on Works Cited under Components to begin entering citations.

·  Select the correct source (citation type) from the drop-down menu. Be very careful—a wrong choice here will result in an incorrect citation.

Entering Source Information for a Citation

·  When you’re filling in the specific information about a source, ASK FOR HELP if you’re unsure about any of the fill-in boxes. Also make use of the helpful hints that pop up to the right of those boxes.

·  When looking for this source information in a print book, remember to always look at the front and back of the title page—do not take the information from the cover.

·  Capitalization in the databases is frequently incorrect. If you copy and paste a title into a fill-in box, correct any capitalization errors.

·  If a yellow triangle pops up next to one of the fill-in boxes, CLICK ON IT!!!! This is how the program points out possible errors that need to be corrected.

Printing the Works Cited List

·  Click on Print/Export. (Do NOT print directly from the NoodleBib screen—the formatting will not be correct if you do.) Click on Print/Export as WORD document. This will generate a Word document with all of your sources from Noodle Tools.

Saving Works Cited using Office 365

·  After you’ve exported your sources into a Word document, copy the entire text, logon to your Office 365 account and click on the “Skydrive” tab at the top right of the screen. Find (or create a “new document”) “Works Cited” under your documents list, click on it and paste the sources you’ve exported from Noodle Tools. Remember to frequently save your document on Office 365, as it is not saved automatically. You can now access this document wherever you have internet access and when you have logged on to Office 365.