1. Nifty Note taking Hints O Create citations O Effective note taking O Organization tips PLAGIARISM

2. Citation “Cheat” Sheet

3. Resource Cards ONE per source

4. Resource Cards - examples Type of source A: Author T: Title C: City of Publication P: Publisher Y: Year of publication #: Page numbers? (yes or no) Source number

5. Resource Cards - examples Some of the database sites will create an MLA citation for you. However, to put the information into your NoodleBib, you will have to enter the parts individually

6. Adding your citations into your Noodlebib Choose “Create New Project” for your first entry Each time after that, click on the project title

7. Adding your citations into your NoodleBib Choose “Bibliography” either on the top bar or on the components bar

8. Adding your citations into your NoodleBib Select the drop-down arrow and select your type of source Then choose if it is a print or online file. For a book, you will choose “print.”

9. Adding your citations into your NoodleBib Enter the citation information into your NoodleBib. If there is more than one author, choose “add” after each author

10. Adding your citations into your Noodlebib For a magazine or journal article found through the Ebsco database, you will choose “online.”

11. Adding your citations into your NoodleBib When you enter an online source, additional options will pop up. If you are using Ebsco, choose the first answer.

12. Adding your citations into your Noodlebib You can copy and paste directly from a website URL to the “website” entry in your NoodleBib. This is a lot easier than typing in all of the symbols!

13. Adding your citations into your NoodleBib

14. Printing Your Works Cited Page To save your works sited page, choose “Print/Export to Word”

15. Works Cited Select “Download File” from the top warning bar (it’s okay, I promise!) and then select “open.” THEN, rename and save your bibliography to your PoP folder!

16. Works Cited Graf, Christine. “In Search of Monsters.” Faces Oct. 2010: 8-11. Ebsco Middle Search. Web. 15 Apr. 2011.. Halls, Kelly Milner, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young. Tales of the Cryptids. Plain City, OH: Darby Creek Publishing, 2006. Print. Terban, Marvin. Ready! Set! Research! New York: Scholastic, 2007. Print. Your finished “Works Cited” page will look something like this!

17. Taking Good Notes

18. Notes – Example 1

19. Heading Page #’s Short notes Number your cards Source number on the top right of each card

20. Notes – Example 2 This circled check mark is my way to remember to look up this information!

21. Works Cited Graf, Christine. “In Search of Monsters.” Faces Oct. 2010: 8-11. Ebsco Middle Search. Web. 15 Apr. 2011.. Halls, Kelly Milner, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young. Tales of the Cryptids. Plain City, OH: Darby Creek Publishing, 2006. Print. Terban, Marvin. Ready! Set! Research! New York: Scholastic, 2007. Print.