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NoodleTools: NoodleTools 101

Using Images in Reports, Presentations, Etc. and Citing Them

Images used in multimedia presentations (PowerPoint, etc.) require two (2) acknowledgements:

1. Beneath the image in your presentation, attribute/identify the image with a URL or originator (i.e. the photographer/artist's name). This can be brief, because you will enter the full citation in your Works Cited. 

  For example:

 Image result for fiona the hippo

  Image by Mark Dumont

2. Cite the image fully in your Works Cited page per the following (MLA). In NoodleTools choose "Website" then "Work of Visual Art" or "Chart/table," "Map" etc.

Contributor(s)Title of Photo/ImageDateName of WebsitePublisherDate of PublicationURL.

For example:

Dumont, Mark. Fiona the Hippo. 18 Feb. 2018. Flickr, images.app.goo.gl/
     PGujwqqnMJnsuyvu9. Accessed 12 Feb. 2020.

Annotated Bibliography

NoodleTools makes it easy to add an annotation to your bibliography.  It is one of the fields built right into the citation generator.

NoodleTools recommends this Annotated Bibliography Writing LibGuide from Shoreline Community College.

Set Up Your NoodleTools Account

Step 1:  SET UP YOUR ACCOUNT : https://my.noodletools.com/logon/signin

Click on Microsoft 365 to sign in with your St. X credentials - there is no need to create a separate username/password

Note - use the URL above to login at a later time, or www.noodletools.com

Step 2:  SET UP YOUR PROJECT

Click the New Project button.

Name your project.

Step 3:  ADD SOURCES TO YOUR PROJECT

Click the SOURCES tab in the top toolbar.

Create a new citation tab.

Where is it?  (i.e. where did you get your source?)   For example: Database

Step 2:  PRINT / EXPORT YOUR WORKS CITED

 
Click the dropdown.

Select Print/Export to Word.

 

Analyze Your Source


1st Question - Where is it?  Did you find your source in a database, on a website, in a print copy, etc.?. Click the appropriate tab.

2nd Question - What is it?  You will get a different selection of choices depending on which tab you clicked.  Choose the most appropriate type of source.

A form will launch guiding you through what information is needed for each type of citation.

MLA Works Cited Core Elements

Image credit: Modern Language Association. MLA core elements. 2016, www.mla.org/MLA-Style/What-s-New-in-the-Eighth-Edition.

Copy the right link

 

Most of the databases have a citation link on every record.

Click the appropriate tab to find the detailed information.

DO NOT COPY AND PASTE THE URL FROM THE BROWSER WINDOW.

Copy the stable (or permanent) URL from the citation tools.

URL Shorteners

Credits

Created by Andrea Owens and Jennifer Donahue. Need help?  Email jdonahue@stxavier.org or stop by the library if you have questions or comments.