Educator Guide Created by: Nalani Naluai, Kahu `Ike Date: January 7, 2013

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Citation Highlights Citing is intuitive Cite while writing, properly credit sources and avoid plagiarism  Easily create a bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles  Export to Word or Google docs fully formatted  Create in text citations, and tag and sort citations. Cite/auto-cite 58 source types

Notebook Highlights Notebook teaches students to meaningfully organize their notes helping them become organized and effective researchers  Two systems: virtual note cards and Cornell Note taking  Create a dynamic outline that lets student fluidly move data points to improve flow  Group, color, and tag notes, and associates them with your outline and sources

Registering – Using a coupon code with a third party service Register with a third party service Click coupon codes link at account page to upgrade Add coupon code to access premium features. IP authenticated computers will have immediate access

This is the project management page. Students can create, manage, and view projects. Each project has a bibliography, a notebook and a paper attached to it. Start by clicking “create a new project.” Getting started

Creating a New Project Next, select the desired citation style (students can always change this later) First name the project Then click “create”

The new project has been created and appears at the bottom Starting a bibliography or notebook To start creating citations for this project, just click “Bibliography.” Click “Notebook” to create notes and an outline. Click “Paper” to open a Google doc.

Associate your project with a Google document Click the paper link Associate with a new Google document or an existing one, and grant access Easily produce a draft Quickly add parenthetical citations and footnotes Copy and paste from outline and notes

Selecting a source type to cite Here is the bibliography start page. Students can easily select the most popular sources to cite, or they can click all 59 options to see all the sources EasyBib supports

Using the notebook

Notebook Create virtual note cards, associate notes with your outline, and manage your notes in list format Access the notebook through project management page or by clicking the notebook tab

Notebook – Creating a New Note Title your note Click the “New note” button or double click anywhere within the note pane to add a note Students can differentiate between quotes, paraphrasing and their own comments/thoughts Associate the note with a source in the bibliography Organize notes by creating groups, adding tags and/or color- coding Add a page number, paragraph number, or URL, to better track information

Writing the Paper Students simply tab back to projects to open up their paper.