NoodleBib
The Dallas Community College District subscribes to NoodleBib, an electronic tool for learning proper documentation of research papers and for generating perfectly formatted APA and MLA Works Cited lists -- after you've input the needed information. You can use NoodleBib for free as long as you're enrolled at the College (and thereafter for an $8 annual fee.)
There is a handout available which provides a good overview. Maybe the best way to get started is to watch the following Brief movies.With very little time investment, you'll soon be on your way to collecting the data, correcting your entries, and transferring the results to Microsoft Word documents (rtf).
Videos (Screencasts) Brief.
- Turn on your speakers.
- Use Firefox (not Internet Explorer) for best results.
- Best viewed at a screen resolution of 1024 X 768.
Some videos may load slowly, especially the one for articles. Be patient.
- Getting Registered, Things to Avoid, Getting Help. 3 minutes.
- How to Begin Creating Your Works Cited List. 2 minutes.
- How to Do a Noodle Entry for a Regular Book. 5 minutes.
- How to Do a Noodle Entry for an Article Found with a Subscription Database.10 minutes..opens slowly.