Senior Research and Composition: Historical Figures Paper: Secondary Sources: Books / eBooks

PLEASE NOTE: Do not copy and paste complete citations from electronic sources. NoodleTools cannot generate footnotes from copied and pasted citations.

Print and electronic books can be cited in NoodleTools using the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) . The ISBN can be found on the back cover of a book or on the back side of the title page. 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, first choose the NoodleTools option that best describes where you found it:

• Database = an electronic book found in a Taft Subscription Database such as ACLS Humanities E-book.

  • Choose Book.
  • You must provide the permanent URL for your source. Look for any of the following on the page: permalink, persistent link, stable link, durable link, "Get link",Cite, or Citable Link.
  • Choose the name of the database, using the pull-down menu under My library's databases.
  • Complete information about the book (author, title, publication place, publisher, and publication date).

• Website = an electronic book found on the Internet using a search engine like Google.

  • Choose Book.
  • Copy and paste the URL for the book from your browser address bar. 
  • Enter author, title, publication place, publisher, and publication date. If there's an ISBN, search that number to get the information about the book.

• Print or In Hand = a book in the Reserve collection behind the main desk or found upstairs in the Main collection.

  • Choose Book.
  • Using information in the book, enter author, title, publication place, publisher, and publication date.

If you have any questions,  Mr. Padgett, Mrs. Lovallo, or Mr. Previti are happy to help!