1. Help! Not bib & note cards… Oh, the horror of it all!

2. NoodleBib A Tool For Organizing Your Research Process Dr. Peterson Librarian/Media Specialist Northmont High School IMC 2010-2011

3. What is NoodleBib? Create, store, organize Create a bibliography Take notes online Organize your notes –Develop your own ideas –Think about what’s important Make Outline Create a work cited page Write a well thought out paper

4. Citations + notes = Work you’ll be proud of! Create an accurate, relevant work cited list –Correct style, punctuation, formatting –Prompts you to check for quality, balance Take good notes, keep them organized –Sources stay linked to notes –Easy to quote and reference –Summarize, evaluate, question –Organize ideas thoughtfully before writing

5. Your work is organized into projects. Open a project you’ve started…or start a new one

6. Start by choosing a style

7. Language Arts classes use MLA Advanced!

8. Name your project Example: LA 11 Research Paper_Online Ballots

9. Your dashboard helps you track and organize your work A Project Manager

10. Keep track of your goals

11. Share to get feedback…

12. Assignments, links, calendar…

15. Use feedback from your instructor and revise in an organized way

16. Teacher’s comment is next to your citation

17. MLA Format? Publication Date? Compilers? Title? URL? Page # Commas? Newspaper? Subscription Database? MLA Format? Editor? Web Page? Colons? Bibliography/Work Cited Where does it all go?

18. Bibliography Screen

19. Choose the best match from the drop-down menu What’s your source?

20. Copy-and-paste to avoid spelling errors Fill in the form

21. Get help on each field

22. Help pops up!

23. Catch common errors…

24. …and make changes

25. Correctly formatted, correctly alphabetized

26. Share your list with your teacher. Get comments and Improve your work

27. Get fast, expert help when you need it

28. Questions we’ve been asked… How can I tell if this is common knowledge? Is a pdf cited like a book? What if I don’t have the page number because I returned the book? How do I make an in-text citation? Why is my video only in a note? What do I put in an annotation?

29. Analyze your list

30. Format, export, and print…

31. Creating Note Cards Can I borrow a rubber band?

32. List view shows notes

33. Source Notes Your notes and sources stay linked

34. Three-part notes 1.Cut-and-paste Capture author’s words, images –Get quotes and attribution right –Mark-up the quote to understand the author’s idea 2.Paraphrase or summarize Explain it to yourself –Tag concepts and facts –Add reminders and tasks 3.My ideas Prompts for original thinking –Analyze how it fits your research –Ask questions, evaluate ideas –List “to do” plan

35. Cut-and-paste first Author’s image Author’s words

36. You’ll get quotes and attribution right!

37. Reread and color-code information Red for problems Green for statistics Highlight main ideas

38. Annotating helps you understand

39. Explain it to yourself* *Using words that you understand

40. What do you think? I wonder…? “To do” next

41. Add the main idea last

42. Add tags now…or later* *It’s easier to add tags when you know more

43. You can always go back to the source Sometimes rereading clears up questions

44. Use your tabletop to organize notes Your new notes

45. Sort notes however you like! Drag notes

46. Make piles Group notes that you feel belong together

47. Take as many notes as you need to! Your tabletop is larger than the screen A bird’s eye view

48. Label your notes with visual cues Add reminders, colors and tags

49. Build your outline on-the-fly…

50. …or create it before you take notes

51. Drag notes and piles into your outline

52. Get help along the way Get feedback, make changes Share your list with your teacher to get tips and comments

53. Enough information? When you think you’re done, review your work Can I add more tags now that I know more? –Label details, themes, concepts Other ways to order my ideas? –Reorder by searching on 2-3 tags at once Any loose ends? Are there types of sources I missed ? –Use button to see the type and range of sources you used

54. Organizing information Create subtopics and outline What notes have similar titles or topics? –Pile them together –Add them to your outline Play with the order, be curious! What if I make new combinations of notes? –Search by one or more tags to find common ideas among notes What other ways can I order my outline? Do new grouping suggest new ways to analyze what I know? New ideas? New questions?

55. Don’t forget to follow your ideas!

56. Easy to add more sources if you need to!

57. …and your work can never get lost! Keep a project portfolio

58. Use your “noodle”! Stay organized, feel successful Access your work from home and school Safeguard against accidental plagiarism Spend your time thinking and creating (not on commas) Get curious, feel creative…have fun!

59. Let’s use our “Noodle”! http://my.northmontschools.com/hs/imc/eresources.html

60. Follow the handout… Click the "Create a Personal ID“ button to register as a new user At the “New User Registration” screen, enter school name and password Create your personal ID and password –Record these on your handout When you use NoodleBib after that, login only with your personal ID and password

61. Recap… Specifically for this research paper Use MLA Cite as you go (books, databases, interviews…) Add notes as you read, annotate to understand Organize notes in piles, add tags and reminders Build an outline, cluster your notes under headings Share your working list and notes with your teacher –Get feedback as you go Create a research paper