Use Gale Databases

• Select the database that lines up with your general interest

• Topic Lists

• Browse Topics

  • Category listing - topics divided into popular interest headings

  • Alphabetical listing

• Click on the topic that is interesting

• Select the overview article located at the top of the resources page

  • Read the overview

  • Make sure that the topic interests you

  • Look at:

    • Main Ideas Side Bar

    • Critical Questions section

    • These two areas can help guide your note taking

    • Save your article to your Google Drive or Send it to your email.

    • Cite your article - see directions below

Open your article by clicking on the hypertext title in the resource page

Open a new tab in the same web browser

Login to NoodletTools

• Username: last name+first initial+2 digit graduation year

• Password: nhsd+lunch code

• If your account does not work, Please see Mrs. Miller

• Create a new project

  • Name = subject of research

  • Style=MLA

  • Level=Advanced

  • Look for project in project list and click on the project to open it.

Look for the citation button (see picture to the right of this text box)

CITATION TOOLS window will pop up

Look under Export To and select Noodletools

Import Sources window will pop up, make sure that your project appears under select project section. If not, use the drop down and select your project

Click on blue IMPORT button

After you see a green box with 1 citation imported into project close the Import Sources Tab

Click on the main Noodletools tab

Refresh the tab to see your new source

Find the citation for your source and click on the three dots at the end of the citation.

Select edit

Go to the Annotation Field at the bottom of the Noodletools citation creator.

Number your source.

• The first source is 1

• The next source is 2 and the rest are numbered in order that you find them

• DO NOT REPEAT SOURCE NUMBERS

• Format should be: SOURCE:1 , SOURCE 2, SOURCE 3............

• You will use source numbers for note taking

After you have found all of your sources, taken notes, and written your paper, you can create a final Works Cited:

• Delete any sources that you have not used or copy used sources into a new project

• Export the sources from the project to a Google Doc. Click on the box with an arrow

• Link your School Google Account to your Noodletools Account - Read the screens and give permission.