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Citation for Research - Noodletools (with Videos!)

Research season is upon us! However, I would argue that proper citation is necessary during ALL seasons. With that in mind, I wanted to explain a little bit about Noodletools, our district's citation and research tool.

I've had many teachers ask me over the years why they should use Noodletools instead of EasyBib. So, I decided to outline my answer with the following bullet points (hooray!):

  • Noodletools does NOT HAVE ADVERTISEMENTS. EasyBib does...and they can be quite distracting.
  • Noodletools allows for advanced note-taking on digital notecards that break down student thinking (providing areas for direct quotes, paraphrasing and a student's own thinking) and can have all kinds of tags, color-coding, attachments, etc. EasyBib provides a simple "notes" areas.
  • Noodletools has a handy outline feature that opens up within its notecard page.
  • Noodletools offers copy and paste citation options for those websites/databases that offer it. It should be noted that basically all databases offer copy and paste citation options, and some even allow you to export citations to Noodletools. Most websites do not offer copy and paste, and while EasyBib will let you paste in a URL and create a citation for you, it sometimes misses information, thereby making it less accurate than Noodletools.
  • Noodletools has a "Project Inbox" so teachers can have access to student work as it is in progress, and make corrections as students go (plus, you can share that inbox with me and I can check in on your students' citation progress too).
  • Noodletools is much more than citation. It is a whole program to help students organize their thoughts and resources for a successful research project.
Ok, now that all of that info is out of the way, I will be sharing some videos I made about Noodletools and how to use it. These are just the basics, but hopefully enough to get you started!

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