23-NoodleBib+Citations

** Research Tools & Strategies ** = = = = =NoodleBib Citations= In the old days, it was a lot harder to keep track of notes for research papers than it is with today's cool technology like Noodle Tools. When I was your age, I had to get a ride to the library to find books and articles because I did not have the option to research online. Next, I had to handwrite notes on small color coded index cards where I had to include the following:
 * information about the source (the title, author, page number)
 * topic of information on the cards
 * main ideas and details on the card

My hand cramped because I had to write so much down. Then, I had to organize all those notecards into organized stacks of ideas that I could use to write my paper. I also had to figure out if I needed to return to the library to get additional information or check my facts. Finally, I had write the paper. That was not the end of the work though. I was expected to type up a bibliography or list of works cited that had to be "perfectly punctuated" and alphabetized. I had to use the MLA Handbook, which wasn't the easiest book to use, to complete that tedious task!

Noodle Tools makes it much simpler for you! You can store all of your notecards online. Your bibliography gets alphabetized and "perfectly punctuated" automatically. You also share your notecards with your teachers so you can get feedback along the way. There is nothing worse than spending countless hours on a project and then finding out you were not doing what your teacher expected. Noodle Tools lets you and your teacher communicate throughout the entire research process so that won't happen.

Discovery Tasks
1. Watch each of the videos below to see how to use Noodle Bib. = = 2. Create a list on Noodle Bib named //Practice List// and share it with Ms. Flannery.
 * 1) [|Getting Started: Signing In]
 * 2) [|Creating a List of Resources]
 * 3) [|Adding Resources to the List]
 * 4) [|Sharing the List]