NoodleTools will ask:
1. Where did you find your source? Most likely it will be one of these:
Database
Website
Print or in-hand
2. What is your source? Most likely, it will be one of these:
Primary Source, such newspaper articles, eyewitness accounts, diaries, letters, speeches (These are often found within another source, such as a book or a reference source).
Reference Source
Journal
Book
Next, determine what kind of primary source you are citing:
Reference sources can be cited in NoodleTools using the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) if provided. The ISBN can be found on the back cover of a book, on the back side of the title page, or in the library catalog record. It can also be found in databases containing sources originally produced in print. If you don't find it, we can help you. Books published before 1967 won't have an ISBN.
If you use the ISBN method, you will still have to fill in the information about the specific article you used because this method only imports the information about the encyclopedia as a whole (title, editor, publisher, etc.).
To cite an encyclopedia / reference source, first choose the NoodleTools option that best describes where you found it:
Next you will choose the type of source you are citing. In this case, Reference Source.
You will complete both parts of the Reference Source form:
Print and electronic books can be cited using the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) . The ISBN can be found on the back cover of a book, on the back side of the title page, or in the catalog record for the book. It can also be found in databases containing sources originally produced in print. If you don't find it, we can help you. Books published before about 1967 won't have an ISBN.
To cite a book, choose the NoodleTools option that best describes where you found it:
Next you will choose what type of source you are citing. In this case, Journal.
Most likely you found your article in one of the online databases. For your citation you will enter:
To cite a source on a website, choose Website.
Remember: a website is an online source you discover through Google (or another search engine) as opposed to a subscription database you access through the library.