NoodleTools

WHAT IS NOODLETOOLS?
The Web's most comprehensive and accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking.


 * FEATURES:**

**Teaching tool**
 * Teaches evaluation and analysis; not simply a "machine" that automates the process.
 * Extensive help for each citation element at the point of need.
 * Guides learner through difficult decisions about the source material.
 * Fast, personal responses to individual citation questions.
 * Generates parenthetical reference for each citation, with additional advanced help.
 * Checks for mistakes in punctuation, abbreviations, and more.

**Promotes ethical research**
 * Ease of use and expert advice gives students confidence to cite even the trickiest sources.
 * Online notecards capture author's words, images, graphs, and original formatting.
 * Software guides student through paraphrasing and prompts for original thinking.
 * Built-in editor enables annotation of notes, improving comprehension, analysis and reflection.
 * Notecards linked to citations to ensure proper attribution.

**Assessment for learning**
 * Students share working bibliographies and notecards with teachers for feedback.
 * While viewing a student's citation form, the teacher can insert comments and ask questions.
 * Statistical graphs analyze quantity, variety, and currency of sources.

**Convenient and up-to-date**
 * Web-based, saved work can be accessed from any computer--no software to install.
 * Bibliographies and notecards can be exported directly to Word.
 * Prompt software changes to conform to current MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian rules.


 * SEE THE LIBRARY STAFF (OR LOGIN AND USE THE LINK IN DESTINY) FOR BGA'S LINK TO NOODLETOOLS!**

//**Source:** NoodleTools General Website// ([])


 * Tutorials:**

This screencast channel gives an overview of NoodleTools (bibliography, notecards, tags, dropboxes, etc.): []

How to create a notecard: [|Create Notecard] How to work with notecards: [|Working with Notecards] How to use the paraphrase section: [|How to Paraphrase]

Please let Mrs. Green know if these will not open for you. In the meantime, use the screencast channel mentioned above: [|Moving Notecards and the Tabletop.htm] [|Notecard Color Tags.htm] [|Notecard Piles.htm] [|Notecard Tags.htm] [|Notecard Text Tags.htm] [|Notecard Visual Cues.htm]