NoodleTools Tips for Citing Books / eBooks and Journal Articles
PLEASE NOTE: Do not copy and paste complete citations from electronic sources. NoodleTools cannot generate footnotes from copied and pasted citations.
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 Gale in Context: U.S. History.
- 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.
Note: Print and electronic books can also be cited in NoodleTools using the ISBN (International Standard Book Number) . For a print book, look for the ISBN and associated barcode on the back cover or on the back side of the title page. If you don't find it, a library staff member can help. Books published before 1967 won't have an ISBN.
