Guide to Noodle Tools– Free Bibliography/Citation Generator

If you have not done so in school, click here and see directions below.

Use what you picked in school.

Try using your school ID 1st, and then click ‘check availability’.Your password MUST be 4 characters long. Add your 1st initial of your 1st name to your school password.

This is in case you forget your user ID or password.It is SAFE– it does not contain your whole name or your whole telephone number.Click Register

Click Register

This is only if you have not made an ID in school.

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Click here if you have not started a bibliography/works cited for this project.

Type the name of your project and then click ‘Create Project’.

Click ‘Bibliography’ to get started.

Click here to open the drop-down menu. Choose what you want to cite: book; website; encyclopedia (reference source), database, etc. You MUST click on ‘Create Citation’ after choosing which source you wish to cite.

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You do NOT need to type anything here. 

Remember: punctuation counts! Be sure to use capital letters for all names– authors, titles, etc.

Book Example

From the title page  From the title page or verso (copyright page)  From the verso 

Click submit

If there is more than 1 author, click ‘Add another contributor’. You can use the up/down arrows to move the authors.

Click submit

You do NOT need to type anything here. 

Remember: punctuation counts! Be sure to use capital letters for all names– authors, titles, etc.

Database Example

Most databases will give you the citation, so you can just copy the MLA citation and paste it here.

Click submit

You do NOT need to type anything here. 

Remember: punctuation counts! Be sure to use capital letters for all names– authors, titles, etc.

Reference Source Example:Use for encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, etc.

If there is more than 1 author, click ‘Add another contributor’. You can use the up/down arrows to move the authors.The author for an encyclopedia entry is listed immediately below the end of the entry. Do NOT use the editor of the encyclopedia– that person did not write the entry.

You do not need to add the contributors to the reference source as a whole.

From the title page  From the title page or verso (copyright page)

From the verso 

Click submit

You do NOT need to type anything here. 

Remember: punctuation counts! Be sure to use capital letters for all names– authors, titles, etc.

Website Example

You can’t always find the author of a webpage. Try looking at the bottom of the page, or on the ‘contact’ tab, if it isn’t listed under the title. If you can’t find it, leave it blank.

This is the title of the page you are on, NOT the URL (address). This is usually found at the top of the page. It might be the name of the tab you clicked on from the home page.

If the website lists a citation, you can just copy the MLA citation and paste it here.

This is not always given. If it is, it will be near the author, or at the bottom of the page.  Copy and paste from the address bar of the site you’re on.

Website Example: Yankee Stadium (See following web page).

You do NOT need to type anything here.

Remember: punctuation counts! Be sure to use capital letters for all

names– authors, titles, etc.

See example

See bottom of last page  See address bar

No author was found-Left blankSee title from

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Click submit

Date you looked at the website

Copyright or date last modified andPublisher

URL (Website address): Name of Website

Web Page or article Title

Look for an author’s name here or at the bottom of the page.

Look for an author’s name here or at the top of the page.If no author is given, leave the field (space) blank.

To Print Your Works Cited (bibliography) page:1st Click here

Click drop-down menu, select Word

This is your Works Cited page. You can choose to leave it as is, or change the title to Bibliography.

Works Cited"American Museum of Natural History." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 28 Apr. 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Museum_of_Natural_History>.

Dennis, Beth. "Air." The World Book Encylopedia. 2005. Print.Glover, David. Make it Work! Building. New York: Thompson Learning, 1994. Print.

Rotner, Shelley, and Ken Kreisler. Everybody Works. Minneapolis: Millbrook Press, 2003. N. pag. Print."United States Military Academy." Wikipedia the Free Encylopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 1 May 2011. Web. 5 Apr. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy>.