NoodleTools is a citation and research organization tool that helps students create bibliographies and stay organized to prevent plagiarism. It allows users to save sources, create a working bibliography, take notes on notecards, and organize notes into piles and tags. Students can create outlines and essays using the organized information. The document provides instructions on setting up a NoodleTools account, adding and citing sources, sharing projects with instructors, copying sources between projects, reading instructor comments, and formatting bibliographies to export into word processing programs.

1. NoodleTools
Create a Bibliography or Works
Cited List (and prevent plagiarism by
staying organized)
Contra Costa College Library
Fall 2016

2. What is NoodleTools
Organize, create, store, write
• Save personal copies of sources
• Begin a working bibliography
• Copy-and-paste relevant quotes onto notecards
• Paraphrase the author’s words
• Analyze, question and add your own ideas
• Tag and pile your notes – what emerges?
• Create an outline, add piles – reorder and experiment!
• Create [essay, speech, product…] with a bibliography
BY STAYING ORGANIZED, YOU WILL PREVENT
UNINTENTIONAL PLAGIARISM (the most common
type)

3. After you register, you will
see PROJECT SCREEN

5. Dashboard Screen…

6. TO CITE SOURCES: Click
“SOURCES” ON TOP BAR

8. Sharing a Project with your
Teacher (teacher will give you name of
inbox)

9. Sharing with Teacher
(continued from last slide)

10. How to Copy a Resource
from One Project to Another:
• Before you copy anything, check
to see what corrections your
instructor told you to make (the
comments will not copy).
• To see the comments, click on the
small icon/picture under your
citation. If that doesn’t work, go to
OPTIONS, click on “Comment”
and read your teacher’s
comments.

11. How to Copy a Resource from One
Project to Another (Pt 2):
You may have a source in a different project that can be used in your current project. Here's
how to copy sources between two projects.
1. On the Sources screen, find the entry you wish to copy and, on the Options menu,
select Copy.
2. On the Copy Citations screen, you have two options:
1. Put a copy of the reference in the project you have open.
2. .Put a copy of the reference in another project in your account.
Note that if you choose to copy the reference to a different project, it can only be copied to a
project of the same citation style and equal or higher level (e.g., a reference in an APA Junior
project can be copied to another APA Junior or Advanced project, but not into a Starter-level
project or into an MLA or Chicago-style project).
3. Click Copy.

12. How to Copy a Resource from One
Project to Another (Pt 3):
Copying m ultiple references at once:
1. O n the Sources screen, m ark the checkboxes next to the references you wish to copy.
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click Copy.
3. O n the next screen, follow the directions to copy the item to the project you have open or into
a different project.
4. Click Copy.

13. How to Copy a Resource from One
Project to Another (Pt 4):
On the screen below, SELECT COPY TO ANOTHER PROJECT. On the dropdown, choose FINAL
PROJECT or whatever project you want to copy it to.

14. TO READ COMMENTS
FROM YOUR TEACHER
• Where the resources are listed for your project, if
there is a comment, there will be a thought
bubble see below. (try clicking on it, if it doesn’t
work, try the method below).
• OR: to see comments, click on OPTIONS on right.
Then choose “reply to comment” [even if you
don’t intend to], but THEN you will see your
instructor’s comments.

15. Need “in-text” reference? Click on
“Options” to right of your citation!

16. Get help when
you need it!
Get help when
you need it!

17. Questions they’ve been asked…
• How can I tell if this is common knowledge?
• Is a PDF cited like a book?
• What if I don’t have the page number
because I returned the book?
• Is the Christian Science Monitor a
newspaper or a magazine?
• How do I cite a web page in a database?
• What do I put in an annotation?

18. Format and export your
bibliography to a word
processor (in LIBST, select
“export to WORD”)
Format and export your
bibliography to a word
processor (in LIBST, select
“export to WORD”)

19. CREATING A FREE CCC
ACCOUNT…
• You must create your account ON CAMPUS or you
will not have the full version of Noodletools.
• Go to www.noodletools.com –click on LOGIN in
upper right corner and follow the prompts to create
a new account.
• Create your personal ID and password
– Record these someplace you can easily find
• When you use NoodleTools after that, login only
with your personal ID and password. You can then
use Noodletools from anywhere after setting up an
account.

20. Review…
Specifically for an essay or research project…
• Use style your instructor requires [MLA, APA or
Chicago/Turabian]. If in Library Studies, you must use
MLA ADVANCED.
• Cite as you go (books, quality websites, database
articles…)
• Add notes as you read, annotate to understand
• Organize notes in piles, add tags and reminders
• Build an outline, cluster your notes under headings
• Share your working list and notes with your instructor if
specified
– Get feedback as you go
• Create your project and works cited list!

21. NoodleTools
Start your research!
You will stay organized and avoid
accidental plagiarism!!
For more teaching ideas:
support [at] noodletools [dot] com