Creating a Works Cited in Noodletools

Creating a Works Cited in Noodletools

Getting Started:

Log into Noodletools and create a “Project”
Select “MLA Style” & “Junior” versions (if not already checked off)
Name it “Colonial Brochure”
Click on “Bibliography” at the top of the page to begin creating your works cited

A. Citing Your Textbook:

Select a citation type – use the drop sown menu and click on “Book”
Import information from “ISBN” – look for the barcode on your book and type in the number
Click on the correct search result and import the selection
Be sure to add another author if one exists – it does in this case
Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of your screen and check off the phrase that reads, “Be sure to include…”
Submit your citation

B. Citing an Article from a Database:

Select a citation type – use the drop down menu and click on “Database”
You will be asked to determine what source your information came from: magazine, newspaper, journal, etc. Choose “Reference Source”
BecauseABC CLIO has already created the citation for you (it’s at the bottom of the article), we have the ability to do a “Quick Cite: Copy & Paste” in Noodletools. Go back to your article, copy the citation, go back to Noodletoools and paste in into the text box that appears
Be sure to read the citation over because not all capitalization and punctuation may be correct
Follow steps 5 & 6 from above
Do this for each ABC CLIO article you used

C. Citing Images from ABC CLIO:

Select a citation type – use the drop down menu and click on “Work of Visual Art”
Choose the “Database” tab
Manually enter the information Noodletools asks for:
Name of the database – ABC CLIO
URL – copy and paste
Illustrator’s Name, if applicable
Type of art
Description of artwork – a few words about the piece
Title of artwork
Creation Date, if applicable
Museum/Library/Private Collection – this info can appear under the image in parenthesis
Follow steps 5 & 6 fromsection A
Do this for each image you borrowed from ABC CLIO

D. Citing Your Video:

Select a citation type – use the drop down the menu and click on “Video Clip (online)”
Using the information provided by your teacher, fill in the criteria you can:
Name of the Website
Publisher of the Site
Date of publication
URL
Title of the Video Clip
Follow Steps 5 & 6 from section A

E. Citing a Website:

Select a citation type – use the drop down the menu and click on “Website”
Go back to the website to manually enter the information Noodletools wants:
name of the webpage – this is not the link you clicked on to find your article but the original website the link is located in
publisher of the site – scroll down to the bottom of your website to find a copyright symbol
the URL – this should be the link’s URL you actually used
title of the work you used.
Check your citation for grammatical errors – look for yellow exclamation marks
Follow steps 5 & 6 from section A
Do this for every website you used

F. Citing images from the Internet:

Select a citation type – use the drop down the menu and click on “Photo or Image (Born Digitally)”
Be sure to work in the tab highlighted “Website”
Manually enter the information Noodletools asks for:
Name of the website – not the URL (i.e. History Channel)
URL – copy and paste
Photographer/Illustrator’s Name, if applicable
Type of image - photo
Description of photo/image – a few words about the piece
Title of photo/image
Date, if applicable
Check your citation for grammatical errors – look for yellow exclamation marks
Follow steps 5 & 6 from section A
Do this for every website image you used

G. Printing your Works Cited: