Noodlebib Helpful Hints
Below are directions to Login, Create Project & Share Project with Teacher
1. Access Noodlebib at www.noodlebib.com
2. If you have a username & password, login (if you don’t have a noodlebib account, go to #3)
a. If you created a username, I encouraged you to use your first initial and last name OR first and last name together (no spaces)
i. Examples: TTaylor or ToniTaylor
b. For your password, I encouraged you to use the same password you have for Turnitin.com
c. Once logged in, skip to step #4
3. To create a username & password, follow the directions below:
a. Under the heading Register or Sign in, click the button “Create a Personal ID”
b. The button, which will already be selected, is titled “An account linked to a school/library subscription or trial”àclick Register
c. School/Library Username: Noodleme
d. School/Library Password: Greenman7!
e. Fill out the appropriate information
i. For your username, use your first and last name or your first initial and last name without any spaces between the names (i.e. TTaylor or ToniTaylor)
ii. For your password, use a password you will remember (I suggest using the same password you have for Turnitin)
f. After the information is completed, click the button on the bottom of the screen that says “Register”
4. As you’re logged in, click on the button on the right that has a green plus sign and says “Create a New Project”
5. Citation Style: MLA
6. Citation Level: Advanced
7. In the description box, title your project (i.e. 10 CP Research Paper)
8. Share the document with me!! In the Dashboard section, you will see the word Sharing, click on the link Share Project with a Teacher’s Dropbox
a. In the Assignment Dropbox Name, you will enter a different title according to which period you have my class
i. If you’re in my first period class, type in: 1st Period English 10 Research Paper 2014
ii. 2nd Period: type in: 2nd Period English 10 Research Paper 2014
iii. 3rd Period: type: 3rd Period English 10 Research Paper 2014
b. First & Last name: Obviously, put your first and last name J
c. After the information is inputted, click on the button “Share Project”
i. This allows me to view all of your note cards and sources; I can also give you direct feedback on your cards and sources in order to help
9. Go back to the Dashboard
10. Write your thesis in the area labeled, “Thesis Statement”
Below are directions to access your Bibliography & Works Cited, to fill out the appropriate information regarding your sources, and how to export the Works Cited page to Word/Google Docs.
1. Access your Bibliography/Sources by either clicking Bibliography (at the top of the screen) or Works Cited (located on the bottom left)
2. Create a source for your book
a. Click on the carrots and highlight “book” and then click the button “Create Citation”
b. Click the green button on the following screen titled “Continue”
c. You will now see a field-by-field form where you will input the information you already have from your book
i. *If you are reading your book on an E-readers (Kindle, Nook, I-pad, etc.) click on “eBook File”
ii. In order to fill out your author’s information, you must first click the carrot under “Role” and choose author
d. Now, fill in the appropriate information (Title of book, Publisher, Publication City & Year)
e. Once the information is in, scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen and click the green Submit button
How to create citations for online sources:
1. Back on your Works Cited/Bibliography home, click the carrots to choose Website & click Create Citation
2. Click the green “Continue” button on the following page
3. Fill in the appropriate information on the form
a. The areas with a red asterisk* next to it has to be completed. Areas without the asterisk* is okay to leave blank if the information isn’t provided on the website.
4. Name of Website
a. What’s the main title of the webpage?—this is NOT the URL (www.blahblahblah.com)
b. For example, look at the following website and article below.
c. The website title is: NPR and the article title is Teen Drinking May Cause Irreversible Brain Damageàthese are two separate pieces of information. One is the website & the other is the article title.
5. Next on the form is the publisher; if the website has a publishing company it will be mentioned at the bottom of the site.
6. Most Recent Date of Access: This is when YOU accessed the site and copied information from it. Noodlebib automatically puts the day’s date in which you are creating the source.
7. Date of E-publication: This information is usually found on the top or bottom of the website. This is the date/year it was last updated/written. The above website/picture shows the E-publication date as January 25, 2010.
8. URL: This is where you put the website. Do not put all the numbers and letters after the .com/.edu.org. For example, the above site’s URL is www.npr.org
9. Role: This is where you select from Author, Editor or Translator if there is one for the website. Some sites may not have an author and that’s okay.
a. If there is more than one author, click on “Add Another Contributor”
10. Webpage or document/article title: This is where you enter the article title (if there is one). For the above example, the article title is Teen Drinking May Cause Irreversible Brain Damage.
11. Website Editor: If the site provides information regarding an editor of the entire website (not page), fill in the information accordingly. Most sites do not provide such information.
12. Annotation: In this section, for every secondary source, you will evaluate the source according to the A CRAB method. Your evaluations need to be in complete sentences. For example:
A: The source has a reliable author who attended Harvard University and is now a doctor at The Cleveland Clinic.
C: The information is from 2010, so it is up-to-date.
And so on…
Authority
Is the author named? Is the source reputable? Be cautious if you can’t find the author’s name or credentials. An exception is a magazine or newspaper article written by an unnamed staff reporter. When there is no author given, the authority of the source is based on the reputation of the publisher or producer of the information. What is the author’s level of education? Is he an authority on the subject? Is the author affiliated with a well-known organization, university, or government agency? For a webpage, is it hosted by a reputable organization, or is it someone’s personal webpage?
Currency
How recently was the information published? For a webpage, how recently was it updated? How long ago was the research conducted and how old are the statistics? Don’t expect up-to-the-minute statistics for everything because it takes time to compile and publish them, but keep in mind that sometimes the information is published long after it is collected. It is especially important that medical and health information be up to date.
Relevance
Is the information useful to you? Just because an article or webpage matches the key words you searched for, it doesn’t mean it will have information you can use. A brief article may not have enough information.
Accuracy
Can the information be verified in other sources? Is there any proof? Do you know any of the information given to be false? If one statement on a webpage is false, the rest is also suspect.
Bias
Does the author have a specific purpose or agenda? Is the author trying to persuade the reader to a particular point of view? Be skeptical of a website that pushes the benefits of an alternative medical treatment when it includes a link to buy the product, for example.
Finally, once all information is completed, click on the green Submit button.
To Export Sources to Word/Google Docs
1. Go to the Works Cited/Bibliography page
2. Click on the carrot next to Print/Export
3. Choose from your options:
4. When you export your Works Cited page,
copy and paste the information to the final
page of your research paper, so your paper & Works
Cited page is on one document.