Noodletools How-to Tips
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Create a new project where you will cite all sources for a project. Pick “Citation Style”
MLA and “Citation Level” Advanced. In the description box, type the project name. Only
you will see this name.
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On the “Dashboard” screen click Bibliography in the top menu bar. Noodletools pros
can use the organizational tools on the Dashboard to create outlines, make notecards,
and much more.
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The “MLA Works Cited” page is where you will enter all of the resources used for a
project. Do NOT create a new project for each new resource used – add every resource
to one project.
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From the “Select a Citation Type” menu, choose Database for ANY resource you find
using a database (article from World Book, EBSCOhost, video from Discovery Streaming,
or images from databases)
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You will need to determine where a database article first appeared on the Citing page.
*Can’t tell where or what the original source was? Pick Magazine!* Look at the Citation
information at the beginning or end of the database article printout. Here are general
tips:
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Is there a month and year publication date? Pick Magazine.
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Is there a month, day, and year publication date? Pick Newspaper.
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Do you see a title written in italics (tilted letters) plus publisher, city & year? Pick
Book.
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Is the title in italics an Encyclopedia or Dictionary that was printed? Pick
Reference Source.
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Does it look like the item was created for the database only, with no original
publication information (such as all World Book Web, some Biography
Reference Bank, some graphics from SIRS Researcher and more)? Pick Original
Content.
Use the tips on the back of this sheet to see where to find the information you need.
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Skip the Annotation box unless your teacher requires.
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Citing a book? Use the “Quick cite: Copy & paste a citation Import ISBN” option. Find
the ISBN number on the back of the book’s title page or on the back cover.
If you start adding information into Noodletools, and realize that you’ve picked the
wrong source type, just switch to the right one. The information you typed in will still be
there
Once you select Submit at the bottom of your citation information, your Works Cited is
available for access anywhere. To print, select Print /Export, then Print Export to Word,
then File, then Print.
How to Choose Type of Source AFTER selecting “Database” as “Cite a…”
Citation Type:
World Book Web example – Choose Original Content always
* No contributor / author? Leave that section blank! *
Contributor / Author
Database
Date of e-publication
Kennedy, James E. "Dynamite." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 18
Mar. 2013.
Title
Database Publisher
Date of access
Science Online example – Only database name, No City = Original Content
*No date? Leave it blank*
Contributor / Author
Database
Date of access
Bell, Suzanne. "dynamite." Science Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.
<http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp?ItemID=WE40&SID=5&iPin=FDFS0487&Single
Record=True>.
Title
Database Publisher
NOTE: No web address needed
for database!
Biography Reference Bank example – Dictionary = Reference Source
* Change “Type of Reference Source” to match what is in the title: Dictionary or
Encyclopedia*
Title “ “
Title of Dictionary
Year
Name of database
"Nobel, Alfred." Chambers Biographical Dictionary (Bio Ref Bank) (1997): Biography Reference Bank
(H.W. Wilson). Web. 19 Mar. 2013.
Date of access
Publisher
EBSCOhost is a COLLECTION of MANY databases - every article found on EBSCOhost
was originally printed somewhere else. To cite an article from EBSCOhost, follow
these steps:
• When you print, on the PRINT MANAGER window, change CITATION FORMAT to
MLA
• Use tips on front of sheet to decide where article was originally printed. Can’t tell?
Use magazine.
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Use the examples above to help you complete your NoodleBib,
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Do NOT put EBSCOhost as the name of the database! Here is database name
location:
Burkey, Mary. "Dog." People Magazine, 02 Mar. 2013: Middle Search Plus. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.