1. NoodleBib Helps you use your “noodle”!
Taking notes

2. Citations + notes = Work you’ll be proud of!
Create an accurate, relevant bibliography
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

3. List view

4. Your notes and sources stay linked

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

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

7. You’ll get quotes and attribution right!

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

9. Annotating helps you understand

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

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

12. Add the main idea last

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

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

15. Use your tabletop to organize notes
Your notes are waiting here

16. Sort notes however you like!
Drag notes
Sort notes however you like!

17. Group notes that you feel belong together
Make piles
Group notes that you feel belong together

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

19. Build your outline on-the-fly…

20. …or build it before you take notes

21. Drag notes and piles into your outline

22. Get feedback, make changes
Get help along the way
Get feedback, make changes
Print out bibliography and notes
bibliography and notes
Fill in your teacher’s user name to share your list with them. They can then give you tips and comments.

23. Enough information? Can I add more tags now that I know more?
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

24. 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 groupings suggest new ways to analyze what I know? New ideas? New questions?

25. Don’t forget to follow your ideas!

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

27. What students say…
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28. 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!

29. “Noodle” time…start thinking!
Questions?
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