How to Use NoodleBib
To create a personal account:
· Click on NoodleTools on the Livonia HS Library Web page.
· Click on Create a Personal ID. On the next screen (“Subscription Type”) click “An account linked to a school/library subscription or trial.” Click “Register.”
· Then enter the School / Library account info:
· Username – (see librarian or refer to pink handout)
· Password – (see librarian or refer to pink handout)
· Click “I am a student”.
· Enter a login. You’ll need:
o personal ID of at least four characters ______
o password of at least six characters ______
o the last four digits of your phone number ______
· Click the “register” button.
To use an account you created last year:
· Click on NoodleTools on the Livonia HS Library Web page.
· Log in with your Personal ID and password
· Re-validate your account by entering the School / Library account info:
o Username – (see librarian or refer to pink handout)
o Password – (see librarian or refer to pink handout)
To create a new list:
· Click “start new list” button.
· Choose MLA Advanced.
· Name your new list in “description”; i.e., “Eng 12”. You will be able to access this list and any others you make, every time you log in. Lists will stay in your account.
· For each new citation, go to the pull-down menu at the top of the page. Select the type of source you are using; i.e., “magazine”, “book”, “reference source”, “website”, etc., then click on the “Create Citation” button. For help in selecting a source type, refer to pages 4 and 6-7 of this guide.
· Specify whether the source is in print or online format.
· Enter the information for the source.
· When you have supplied the information for a source, click “generate citation”.
· Citations remain in your list unless you choose to delete them.
· When you have finished working, click on the “Sign Out” link at the upper right.
To add more citations or edit a list:
· Click on NoodleTools button on the Livonia HS Library Web page.
· Open your personal folder by entering your personal username and password.
· Click on the name of the list you want to modify.
· Add new sources as you did earlier (use the pull-down menu at the top of the page).
· To edit a citation, click on the “edit” link to the right of the citation.
After you edit a citation, you must click the “update citation” button at the bottom of the page.
· When you have finished editing, click on the “Sign Out” link at the upper right.
To print and save a list:
· Make sure you have sorted your list in alphabetical order (see pull-down menu to the right).
· Click on the “Print” button at the top of the list.
· A “Formatting Options” box will appear. Do not make any changes unless instructed to do so by your teacher.
· Click on the “Export and Print” link at the bottom of the page. You may have to use the “click here link if your computer’s pop-up blocker is activated.
· Important! If you make any changes in Word before you print your list of works cited, be careful to not change the double spacing or the indenting of the citations!
· If you are submitting this copy to Mrs. D’Onofrio for corrections, add your name, teacher’s name, class period (day and block), and topic to the top of the page, like this:
· Print your list by clicking “print” on the “File” menu at the top of your screen.
· To save your list, use the “Save as” option in the “File” menu.
· Rename the list before you save it.
· Be sure to save your list in your folder in the “H” drive, rather than on the desktop.
NoodleBib FAQs
1. Question: How do I know which form to choose from the pull-down menu?
Answer: Refer to the chart below:
Database Article / ? / Databases are collections of articles, most of which were previously published in periodicals or reference books. You must determine what the article was originally and choose that form—see pages 6-7 of this guide for more help.Be sure to choose “online” (rather than “print”) and “subscription database” (rather than “free”) on the next screens.
Book /
Any online book that fits the above description, i.e., a title from Gale’s The Twayne Author Series.
Reference Source /
Any reference source from a library subscription database, i.e.:
Grolier Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Grolier New Book of Knowledge, Grolier Lands and Peoples, Grolier America the Beautiful, Grolier Book of Popular Science, EBSCO Funk and Wagnall’s Encyclopedia, Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated, World Book Encyclopedia Online, any titles from the Gale Virtual Reference Collection (e-books).
Periodical /
in print format; i.e., a magazine or newspaper from a newsstand.
Any periodical article from a library subscription database, i.e.: ProQuest Discovery, EBSCO MasterFile Select, Gale Custom Newspapers or Gale New York State Newspapers, Gale Junior Edition K-12, Facts.com Science Today, and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
An E-zine or other online periodical.
Website / Any online source not from a library subscription database; these will have a unique URL.
Interview,
conducted by me / Any information that you obtain through questioning a person who is knowledgeable in the field you are researching
(an interview conducted by someone else and previously published in a newspaper, magazine, book, etc. article will require one of the other forms).
Television or Radio
Program
Film or Video
Recording /
TV or Radio program
VHS or DVD movieGovernment
Document /
Any document published by a state or provincial government.
Any document published by the government of another country.
Any online document that fits one of the above descriptions, including all documents from FirstGov.gov.
(NoodleBib FAQs continued)
2. Question: How do I find the “title of reference book” or “title of periodical” for an article
from a database?
Answer: Look at the top or far left of the article for a line that says “text” or “source”.
3. Question: Where do I find “Additional Information” like compilers, translators, and
series?
Answer: Any essential information about the book (except volume number and
total number of volumes) should be included on the title page.
If it is not on the title page, skip it!
4. Question: Is “edition” the same as “volume number”?
Answer: No! Publishers put out a new edition of a book when they want to make
changes in the original, often because new information has become available since
the original was published. This version would then be called the “revised” or
“second” edition.
5. Question: How important is capitalization?
Answer: To get it right (and avoid losing a lot of points), click on the “What words should
be capitalized?” link when you are adding a new source in NoodleBib.
6. Question: How do I know what to choose – “Free” or “Subscription Content”?
Answer: Almost any website you find on the Internet is free (unless you are searching
through a service you pay for, such as AOL). On the other hand, any article you find
through a library database page is subscription content. When you click the latter
option, you no longer have to answer the next question on the form, “How can your
reader find this source again?”
7. Question: What is a “unique URL”?
Answer: You know that URL stands for “universal resource locator”, right? And that it
means the page’s address? Well, “unique URL” just refers to the fact that the address
is unique to the page -- whenever you type that URL into the address window, you
will get that page every time. You will use this option for almost all websites (unless
the URL is very long or complex, in which case you may enter the URL of the home
page – up to the first slash – and the path, or sequence of links you clicked on).
8. Question: The “Subscription Database Wizard” is confusing me – doesn’t it list EBSCO?
or ProQuest? It just gives me another long list to choose from, and I don’t know which
one to choose.
Answer: Try re-entering the name of the database, with more words from the database
title. Click the back button at the bottom of the page, then fill in the box with EBSCO
MasterFile Select or ProQuest Discovery (the chart on the other side of this sheet can
help, or use your database hotsheet). When you get it right, a lot of the blanks are
filled in for you – like the URL.