#1- Reusable Content: MLA Style & NoodleTools

Use NoodleTools to keep track of all of your research in one place: sources, notes, outline AND paper!

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1. Make sure you are logged in to Google through one of their apps (Mail, Classroom, Drive, etc.) 
2. Click the Apps waffle.
3. Select the NoodleTools icon towards the bottom. You will be automatically logged in through Google. 

***Important: Your teachers want to see the URL in your citation. Make sure you use the permalink for all database articles.

How to add a collaborator to your project

1. On the Dashboard screen, in the Sharing and Collaboration section, under Student Collaboration, to add a new collaborator to the project, click Add students. 2. Enter the student’s Personal ID in the text field. By default, the student will be a Full collaborator (equal access to edit the project as yourself). If you want the student be able to view your project and add comments, but not be able to add or change anything else, select the Peer-reviewer option.     If you need to add more than one collaborator, click Add More and enter the Personal IDs for each one. When you are done adding collaborators, click Done. Click to reload the Dashboard screen. You will now be able to see all collaborators' contributions to the project.   3. If you have a Google Doc linked to the project to share, click Share paper in the Paper column. You may be prompted to log into your Google account and then the document will open. Return to the Dashboard screen and reload the page to verify the Paper column indicates that the document is shared with the collaborator. If the paper does not share successfully, make sure that the student you are trying to share with has their Google ID listed in their user profile. When a collaborator is added successfully, you will see information including the student’s Personal ID, access type, and the time the paper was shared. The number of source references, notecards and comments added by each collaborator appears under the Contribution column.

Tutorials on Using NoodleTools
 

From formatting your paper (1 inch margins, heading, title, etc) to in-text citations, there are many rules to follow.

ALWAYS DOCUMENT YOUR SOURCE WITH IN-TEXT CITATIONS WHEN YOU:

• use information from one of your sources, whether you quote or paraphrase it
• summarize information from one of your sources
• use factual information that is not common knowledge*
• quote directly from a source
• use a date, fact or statistic that might be disputed

Usually only the author's last name (OR, if no author, the title) and page number are given. Do not use the word "page" or any abbreviations. Page numbers may be omitted if the source is a one-page article or an internet source which does not include paging.

* Common knowledge is information that recurs in multiple sources. If you are not certain it is common knowledge, cite it to be on the safe side!

→ NoodleTools Tip: On the Sources page, there is an Options button to the left of your citation. Choose "In-text reference" to see a sample in-text citation for that particular source.

RULES FOR USING IN-TEXT CITATIONS (MLA style)

1. Cite the author's last name and page number in parentheses.

2. If there are multiple titles by the same author, cite the author's last name, title and page.

3. If the author and title are identified in the text, cite only the page number.

4. If there is no author, cite title and page number.

5. If there is no numbering (common with internet sources), cite only the author - or title, if there is no author - in parenthesis. If the title is very lengthy, you may use only a few keywords from the title. Do not use the URL in in-text citations.

6. If you are citing an indirect source (a quote within a source), you must identify it with "qtd. in"