Noodle Tools
Grade Level(s): 6-8, 9-12
Summary: Citation assistance database. A GREAT tool!!
NOODLEBIB - A useful tool in creating a Works Cited page, etc.....
http://www.noodletools.com/login.php?group=7662&code=5272
Another great tool to use for helping you create your Works Cited
page is Easy Bib.
http://www.easybib.com
MLA Citation Style
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm
MLA STYLE
WHAT is a WORKS CITED list?
When you use information that you found in a book, a newspaper article or on
a web site or database, you must give credit to the author(s) for the ideas.
HOW important is the WORKS CITED list?
Citing your sources in a bibliography/works cited page shows respect for
other people's intellectual property. Intellectual property is the basic
right of all people to own their own thoughts and ideas.
HOW do I create a WORKS CITED list?
Every source (book, magazine, encyclopedia, newspaper, web site, database)
has information that identifies it as being different from every other
source. That includes the author's name, the title, page numbers, and other
similar details.
IMPORTANT RULES TO REMEMBER
1. At the top of the page centered, indicate Works Cited
2. Alphabetical order for all items together, book titles and author's
name. Ignore a, an, and the when alphabetizing.
3. Double space
4. The second and following lines of each entry should be indented.
5. Punctuation marks are important; use commas, colons, and periods as
instructed
I. FOR A BOOK
Author's last name, first name. Title of the book. Place of publication:
publisher, copyright date.
1. One author
Philbrick, Rodman. The Young Man and the Sea. New York: Blue Sky
Press, 2004.
2. More than one author
Mebane, Robert C., and Thomas R. Rybolt. Water and Other Liquids.
New York: Twenty-first Century, 1995.
3. For a book compiled by an editor
Holme, Bryan, ed. Pictures to Live With. New York: Viking, 1959.
II. FOR AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Author's last name, first name. "Title of the encyclopedia
article,"
Name of the encyclopedia, date of the encyclopedia.
1. Author given
Schindler, Allan. "Music," Academic American
Encyclopedia. 1994 ed.
2. No author given
"Curling," World Book Encyclopedia. 1994 ed.
III. FOR A MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Author's last name, first name. "Title of the Magazine
article,"
Title of the magazine. Magazine date: day, month, year: page
numbers.
1. Author given
Shear, William A. " One Small Step for an Arthropod,"
Natural History.
Mar. 1993: 46-51.
2. No author given
"Could Dinosaurs Really Live Again?," Current Science.
17 Sept.
1993: 4-7.
IV. ELECTRONIC SOURCES
A. FROM AN ONLINE SERVICE
Author's last name, first name. Title of text. Publication
medium (Online). Name of the repository. Name of the
computer service/network. Date of access. Address (if available).
1. From the Internet
Rex, Ty. King of Dinosaurs. Online. U of California
Museum of Paleontology. Internet. 12 February
1996. Available
B. FROM A CD-ROM PRODUCT
Author's last name, first name. "Title of part of work".
Title of product.
Publication medium (CD-ROM). City: Publisher, date.
1. Author given
Fernandez, Rafael. "Book Illustration". Grolier's
Multimedia
Encyclopedia. CD-ROM. Grolier Electronic Publishers, 1995.
C. NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLES ONLINE
Author. "Title of article." Name of publication or news
service. Date:
length. (if numbered) [Type of medium]. Access date Web site/path/or
supplier or database name.
Queen, Emily. "Censorship and the Internet." Internet
News. 22 July
1999: 6 pp. [Online]. 4 March 2000