Use your Noodle!An introduction to using Noodletools software

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Help students to become responsible researchers

By Kristine Thorn

About Noodletools

• NoodleBib is the note-taking and documentation program which was designed to teach good practices in academic research as well as citing sources.

• According to the web based software company, 50-70% of students admit to plagiarism.

• This course will focus on and introduction to the preliminary steps teachers can take to begin to create a sense of awareness among young adults about what plagiarism is.

• The main purpose of the program is to direct teachers in using Noodletools to cite work and give them the knowledge to share it with their students.

Getting Started

• Go to the Joseph R. Bolger homepage and click on the library link.

• Once at the library link, click on the Noodletools link on the lower

right.

Create a log in

• Once Noodletools is open, click on the RIGHT where it says LOG IN

• Next, click on NEW REGISTRATION USER on LEFT side

• Choose JRBMS

• Log in Name: Whole first name.Last name

Example: Kristine.Thorn

Practice

To use:• When you are ready to site work you have used, click on CREATE A NEW LIST• Here you will name the paper or project that you are working on. Example: 6th Grade

Social Studies Report

Start with a Book

• Next, decide what type of citation you would like to use. It is customary for students to use MLA (Blue) ADVANCED (Black). Graduate work will use APA.

• Next, decide what you would like to cite. Today will choose BOOK, and then CREATE CITATION.

• It will ask you what kind of a book- the whole text? A fragment of the book? On line or in print? In most cases it will be the ENTIRE BOOK.

• Chose PRINTED BOOK

You decide!

• The program provides a lot of choices to make sure you are citing the correct resource.

The Book

• Imagine you used this book for your research project and you want to refer to it on Noodletools.

The American Revolution

By John Epenheimer

Published 2007

Random House Publishing

New York City

Adding the Author

• Next, it will ask for the Author. Type it in and hit ADD• It will set it up the right way for you. Don’t forget to hit ADD!

Add all the information you have

• All of the BASIC INFORMATION must be filled in. This includes:

• Aurthor(s) Date of Publication, year of Publication, city of Publication.

• In most cases, that is all you will know. If you know more, you can add it, but you don’t have to.

Adding Basic Information

• Continue to add the basic information to the list

Generate a citation

• Once you inserted the information, click GENERATE CITATION and noodle tools will automatically write it the way it should!

Other options

• Users can now print, save or change this citation to a word document.

Keep Going

• You are now ready to add more references if you want to. You can add as many to the list as you wish

• Noodletools will put them in the correct order for you.

Special Notes

• Noodletools will not necessarily check spelling. You must be sure the information is spelled correctly.

• If you capitalize a letter, Noodletools will too.

• Make sure you check your work prior to adding it to the program.

Other Features

• Noodletools allows users to make note cards to keep their information organized.

• Tutorials are provided to assist teachers in helping students understand the phases of research.

• A plagiarism policy template is available

• Reading strategies and 21st century literacy tool kit are also included

Features to explore