Directions for Notecards in Noodle Tools
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Go to NoodleTools through the Library Wiki.
Log on.
Select your U.S. History Working Bibliography.
BEFORE you do anything else with a source, make sure that you have ENTERED it into your
BIBLIOGRAPHY in NoodleBib!
Select NOTECARDS.
READ your first source.
When you’re ready to take notes, click on “New Notecard.”
CRITICAL: ONLY TAKE NOTES THAT SPECIFICALLY SUPPORT A SPECIFIC LINE
(REASON WHY) OF YOUR PRELIMINARY OUTLINE!!! Do NOT take notes for your
introduction or conclusion.
Enter the SOURCE! Click on the arrow and select the appropriate source.
Scroll down until you hit the PARAPHRASE BOX.
In other words, read the text and put the main ideas IN YOUR OWN WORDS!!!
Use PAST TENSE!
DIRECT QUOTATIONS.
There needs to be a SIGNIFICANT reason to quote a text. Generally, quote PRIMARY sources the
most. If the author of a secondary sources states something that is just SO profound that you feel that
can’t possibly paraphrase his or her ideas adequately, then quote a secondary source.
Generally, just quote 1 sentence. Keep large quotations, 3 to 7 sentences, to a minimum!
Be sure to COPY the quote EXACTLY and place QUOTATIONS MARKS around it!!!
After you quote a text, you MUST complete the PARAPHRASE BOX too. In a sentence,
SUMMARIZE the main point of the quote in your own words. Finally in the MY IDEAS BOX,
explain, in a sentence, how the quote supports one of your main reasons.
Highlight the text of your note. Under font family, select “Times New Roman.” Under font size, select
“3 (12pt).”
After you have entered the text of your note, scroll BACK to the TOP of the page.
In the TITLE BOX, SUMMARIZE the MAIN IDEA of your note in a few (about 1-5) words. Keep the
title BRIEF, but EACH title of EACH notecard must be UNIQUE!
Don’t worry about the URL—even for a database or web source.
If the source is a BOOK or an ARTICLE from a BOOK or ACADEMIC JOURNAL, enter the
number(s) of the page(s) that you used to create your paraphrased note.
If you’re using a database or web article, do NOT include page numbers.
When you are finished with this specific notecard, select SAVE.
Your notecard will appear on the NOTECARD TABLETOP in the NEW NOTECARD BOX.
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 To MOVE a notecard on the Notecard Tabletop, just place your cursor over the notecard and DRAG it to its new
desired location.
NOTECARD PILES
 In order to keep your Notecard Tabletop organized, create NOTECARD PILES.
 Once you have 2 notecards for the same tag, DRAG the one notecard over the other. It will ask you to
NAME this new notecard pile.
 In order to VIEW the notecards in the pile, just double click on the pile.
 Once inside the pile, select VIEW DETAILS in order to see your specific notes on each card.
 If you want to reorder the notecards within the pile box for any reason, just drag the notecard and drop it
where you want it within the pile box.
 If you want to remove a notecard from the pile, just drag the notecard and drop it OUTSIDE of the pile
box. (If there only are 2 notecards in it, the pile will disappear.)
 WARNING: If you highlight a pile and select delete, the ENTIRE pile will be deleted and it will be
LOST forever!
VIEWING & EDITING INDIVIDUAL NOTECARDS
 In order to view an individual notecard, place the cursor over the card and wait for the white box to
appear. In the white box, select VIEW DETAILS.
 In order to edit the card quickly, DOUBLE CLICK on the notecard. Make your changes and then select
SAVE.
PRINTING YOUR NOTECARDS
 Under OUTLINE, select the PRINTER ICON.
 Select the FIRST option: “Print outline with Notecards” and click submit.
 Under file, select print.
HELP
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For help with the notecards, click on the HELP link in Noodle Tools-Go to User’s Guide.
o Be sure to CLICK "THE PROCESS" under "Chapter 4: Notecards and Outlines."
o Check out the appropriate help link!
If you can't see your notecards on the Notecard Tabletop, be sure to MOVE the BLUE box in the
LOWER LEFT CORNER over the little squares; your notecards will appear.
If you want to delete a notecard completely forever, just select the delete key on the Notecard Tabletop.
BE CAREFUL!
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:
 ALL STUDENTS MUST PRODUCE at least 30 Notecards AND a Detailed Outline or 75
Notecards.