1. Database Citations In Noodletools

2. Reading Citations: What does each part of a citation mean? Source Citation: "The Nuclear Age." Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 21 May 2012. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/Referenc eDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighli ghting=false&prodId=UHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&ca tId=&documentId=GALE%7CBT2313027060&mode=view&user GroupName=mlin_s_norhs&jsid=a10e3f2853d303cd5518e6c7 9751bb1c The source citation always appears at the end of a database article.

3. What’s missing? "The Nuclear Age." Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 21 May 2012. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetail sWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&p rodId=UHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GA LE%7CBT2313027060&mode=view&userGroupName=mlin_s_norhs& jsid=a10e3f2853d303cd5518e6c79751bb1c Answer: The author of the article: if an author’s name was given, it would be first in the citation.

4. What do the quotation marks mean? "The Nuclear Age." Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 21 May 2012. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetail sWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&p rodId=UHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GA LE%7CBT2313027060&mode=view&userGroupName=mlin_s_norhs& jsid=a10e3f2853d303cd5518e6c79751bb1c Answer: The article title is in quotation marks.

5. What comes next? "The Nuclear Age." Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 21 May 2012. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetail sWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&p rodId=UHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GA LE%7CBT2313027060&mode=view&userGroupName=mlin_s_norhs& jsid=a10e3f2853d303cd5518e6c79751bb1c Answer: the title of the reference source. This was originally published as a print reference book and has now been included in a database. Notice that the title is always in italics or underlined.

6. Who is Ed.? "The Nuclear Age." Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 21 May 2012. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/Referenc eDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighli ghting=false&prodId=UHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&ca tId=&documentId=GALE%7CBT2313027060&mode=view&user GroupName=mlin_s_norhs&jsid=a10e3f2853d303cd5518e6c7 9751bb1c Answer: Ed. Is the editor of the reference source. Note that this work has three editors.

7. Next: the three Ws! "The Nuclear Age." Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 21 May 2012. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/Referenc eDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighli ghting=false&prodId=UHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&ca tId=&documentId=GALE%7CBT2313027060&mode=view&user GroupName=mlin_s_norhs&jsid=a10e3f2853d303cd5518e6c7 9751bb1c Answer: The Three Ws are Where, Who, and When published.

8. Last is database access information: "The Nuclear Age." Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton, Elliott J. Gorn, and Peter W. Williams. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Gale U.S. History In Context. Web. 21 May 2012. Document URL http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/uhic/ReferenceDetailsPage/Referenc eDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighli ghting=false&prodId=UHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&ca tId=&documentId=GALE%7CBT2313027060&mode=view&user GroupName=mlin_s_norhs&jsid=a10e3f2853d303cd5518e6c7 9751bb1c Answer: Included is the database title (again, it’s in italics or underlined), and the date of access, then the document URL.

9. Now that you know how to read a database citation, what will you do? Add each piece of information in the appropriate box in Noodletools. For each type of source, you select what type of item you are citing: for example, book, reference book, online database, web site, primary source. Depending on your selection, the Noodletools template will be different. Important: Read each prompt or question and Noodletools will help you build your citation correctly. If the citation does not provide the information, leave the box blank.