1. At library website
2. Click on “Electronic Databases”
3. Locate & click on “Noodle Tools” from list of databases
4. If you have already created a Personal ID – login
5. If you have not created a Personal ID follow the instructions below.

To create a Personal ID

1. Click “Create a Personal ID” button
2. Choose “I am a student or library patron” (default)
3. Choose a Personal ID (not case sensitive), type it in, then click “Check availability” button
1. Green line should appear with “ID is available!”
2. If ID is not available choose another one
4. Create a password (not case sensitive – must be 6 or more characters)
5. Retype the password
6. Type in last 4 digits of your phone number
7. Click “Register”
8. Program opens with a view of “My lists” and “Lists shared with me”

Citations

 To create a list

9. Click “Create a new list” button
10. Choose a list style (check with your Professor on which will be required for that class)
1. MLA advanced (recommended)
2. MLA starter
3. APA advanced
11. Type a description of list
1. Suggestion: type the class number and/or the title of the paper
12. Click “Create list”
13. Follow directions for each style

      To create a citation

14. At “Works Cited” or “References” page
15. Choose a Citation type (example: journal, book, website, etc.)
16. Click “Create Citation”
17. Click “Next”
18. Choose the publication medium (example: print, e-journal, microfiche, etc.) – choices depend on either APA or MLA style
19. Click “Next”
20. The Questions asked by Noodle Tools will change depending on the type of citation you chose in #16 and #24
21. Answer the questions on each page and then click “Next”
22. The last page should be the specific information about the article, website, etc. (example: journal title, article title, page numbers, etc.).

NOTE:  if you have both Noodle Tools and the journal citation windows open at the same time, you can copy and paste the information needed into Noodle Tools.

23. When completely finished filling out required information; click “Check for errors” button – to check spelling and make any corrections needed
24. Click “Generate Citation” button
25. The “Works Cited” or “References” list will appear with the completed citation.
26. For additional citations - click on the drop-down menu that says “select a citation type”
27. The above process will be repeated for each new citation created.
28. You may add citations on different days.  Just open the list for that paper and click on the “Select a citation type” drop-down menu

To add a description of primary or secondary source to citation

29. Open “list” where the citation is located
30. Click the checkbox (located next to the media type) for the citation you wish to describe
31. Scroll to bottom of the page
32. Click dropdown menu that says “Select an attribute”
33. Click the correct source (Primary, secondary, or tertiary)
34. Click “apply”
35. At the full bibliographic list of resources – under the column that says “description” –source will be listed.
36. Items may then be sorted by type of source.

To delete a citation

37. Open “list” where citation is located
38. Click the checkbox (located next to the media type) for the citation to delete
39. Click “delete” (located to the far right, next to the citation)
40. At “Are you sure you want to delete this entry?”
41. Click “OK”
42. Click “MY LISTS” (located on top navigation) to view citations in other lists

To delete all citations in a list

43. Open “list” where citations are located
44. Click all checkboxes (located next to the media type)
45. Click “delete” button (located at bottom of page)
46. At “Are you sure you want to delete this entry?”
47. Click “OK”
48. Click “MY LISTS” (located on top navigation) to view citations in other lists

To delete a list

49. Make sure you’re on the “MY LISTS” page
50. Click the checkbox next to the list you wish to delete
51. Click “delete” button (located at bottom of page)
52. At “Are you sure you want to delete this list?”
53. Click “OK”

NOTE:  Once a citation or list has been deleted it cannot be recovered, and the citation or list will have to be recreated.

To export the bibliography

54. Open the list for the correct paper, if more than one list was created
55. Click “Save as Word Doc” button
56. Click “Export and Print”
57. A window appears that says “Do you want to open or save this document?”
58. Click “Save”
59. At the “Save as” window
60. Locate the folder you wish to save it in, usually “My documents”
61. Change the file name to something that you would recognize, ex: “Your paper’s name” + bibliography
62. Leave the save as type as “Rich Text Format”
63. Click “Save”
64. If you see a “Download complete” window – click “Open”
65. Your bibliography should open in Microsoft Word in the correct citation format (either APA or MLA)

To add bibliography to your paper

66. Locate and open your paper
67. There are 2 ways to insert the bibliography
1. Copy & paste

1. Open bibliography
2. Highlight and copy the entire bibliography
3. Paste the bibliography into your paper on a new page.

2. Insert the bibliography using “Insert file” into the paper

1. Open the paper
2. Add a new page at the end of the paper
3. Make sure the cursor is where you wish to insert the bibliography
4. Click “Insert”
5. Click “File”
6. Change “Files of Type” to “All Files”
7. Locate and click on the bibliography file
8. Click “Insert”
9. The file will be added to the paper where your cursor was positioned.

To view a parenthetical reference in the body paper

68. Open “list” where citation is located
69. Locate citation
70. Click the phrase “Parenthetical Reference”
71. A window will appear with an example of how the resource will look in the body of the paper
72. Using the accompanying rules to formulate the reference correctly.

Notecards

      Notecards allow you to extract, organize, and synthesize information you find while reading various resources. 
Notecards may be created in the following two ways:

“Notecards” from the Navigation Bar

1. Click “Notecards” from the Navigation Bar
2. Click “New notecard” – located in upper right-hand side of screen
3. At notecard screen fill in the following:
1. Title: give the notecard a title you will remember
2. Cluster: choose a cluster (created previously) for this notecard
3. Source: choose a source, which will link your notecard to a specific resource (ex.: New York Times)
4. URL: if the source is online – type specific link to page that refers to the notecard
5. Pages: type in the page number for quote or other information used
6. Tags: add keywords that explain this notecard (ex: binge drinking)
7. Direct Quotation: if you are using a direct quotation – copy & paste it here
8. Paraphrase:  re-write the above quotation in your own words
9. My ideas: may reflect ideas about the above quotation or what you would like to add to a section of your paper.
4. When finished filling out form – click “Create Notecard”
5. The card will automatically be added to the end of the current list of cards.

To delete a notecard

6. Click “Notecards” from the Navigation Bar
7. At notecard screen – choose the notecard you wish to delete
8. Click “Delete”, located on the right-hand side of the notecard
9. At the question “Are you sure you want to permanently delete this record?”
10. Click “OK”

To create Clusters for Notecards

11. Click “Notecards” from the Navigation Bar
12. At notecard screen – click “New cluster” (located on upper right-hand side of screen)
13. At the new cluster window – type in name of cluster (ex: main ideas – binge drinking diagnosis)
14. click “Create cluster”
15. The new cluster is listed at the bottom of the cluster list

Each cluster allows for four options, which are:  new notecard, remove cluster, rename cluster, and print notecards.    All notecards are alphabetical by title within a cluster.

To print all Notecards

16. Click “Notecards” from the Navigation Bar
17. At notecard screen – click “Print all”
18. At first print window – choose one of the options (HTML; full page, no page breaks; full page, one card per page; half page, two notecards per page)
19. Click “Print”
20. A second print window will state “notecard file has been generated”
21. Click button that says “Open file”
22. Depending on the option chosen –

1. an HTML file will open in a web browser – click the browser’s print icon to print
2. a full page will open a file download window – click “save” – choose where you wish to save the file – type in a file name – click “save” – click “Open” at the download complete window – file will open in Word or similar word processor.
3. Click “close” at the third print window in Noodle Tools.

To Print Notecards for a specific cluster

23. At notecard screen --  locate cluster
24. Click the dropdown menu that says “cluster options”
25. Click “Print notecards”
26. At first print window – choose one of the options (HTML; full page, no page breaks; full page, one card per page; half page, two notecards per page)
27. Click “Print”
28. A second print window will state “notecard file has been generated”
29. Click button that says “Open file”
30. Depending on option chosen –

4. an HTML file will open in a web browser – click the browser’s print icon to print
5. a full page will open a file download window – click “save” – choose where on your computer you wish to save the file – type in a file name – click “save” – click “Open” at the download complete window – file will open in Word or similar word processor.

31. Click “close” at the third print window in Noodle Tools.

To Print a single Notecard

32. At notecard screen --  locate notecard
33. Click “Print” (located in upper right corner of notecard)
34. At first print window
35. Click “Print”
36. A second print window will state “notecard file has been generated”
37. Click button that says “Open file”
38. File will open in a web browser
39. Click the browser’s icon to print
40. Click “close” at the third print window in Noodle Tools.

Note:  When printing a single notecard the HTML option is automatically chosen.

To delete a cluster

41. Click “Notecards” from the Navigation Bar
42. Locate cluster you wish to delete
43. Click the dropdown menu that says “cluster options”
44. Click “Remove cluster”
45. At the question “Are you sure you want to delete this cluster?
46. Click “OK”
47. Any notecards that were in the deleted cluster will be moved to the “Uncategorized” cluster

For additional Directions on features not listed here check out http://www.noodletools.com.ezel.ez.cwmars.org:3600/tools/noodlebib_users_guide.pdf

-Use the Reference computers
-Click "Bookmarks" or "Favorites"
-Click "Noodle Tools" or "NoodleBib"

-Point your browser to one of the following:

1) http://ezel.ez.cwmars.org:3600
2) http://www.elms.edu/Departments/library/libframe.htm
3) http://www.elms.edu
        -Click on "Library"

At the Library Website:

-Cilck "Electronic Databases" (on sidebar of homepage)

-When prompted, enter:
        Your Library Card Number

-Click "Noodle Tools" or "NoodleBib"