Citing your sources

Cite all sources - You must provide a full MLA citation for all the sources you use for your research, including all websites, database articles, books, images, videos, and audio.

WEBSITE Citation Directions

• Click to create a NEW SOURCE

• Select WEBSITE -- WEBPAGE

Fill out:

• • URL from your website (copy and paste)

  • Date Accessed (click TODAY to automatically fill in today’s date)

  • WEBPAGE or DOCUMENT/ARTICLE title (this is the name of the specific page you are on …. most likely, your topic)

  • NAME OF WEBSITE (this is the TITLE of the entire site where you are finding information)

  • Any additional information you can find

  • THEN CLICK SAVE to save the citation to your Noodletools list

IMAGE Citation Directions

• Click to create a NEW SOURCE

• Select WEBSITE -- PHOTO OR IMAGE (born digital)

Fill out:

• • Name of container website where image is found (NOT GOOGLE…actual website)

  • URL from your website (copy and paste)

  • Date Accessed (click TODAY to automatically fill in today’s date)

  • Type of image (select IMAGE from drop-down menu)

  • Title of image (provide a descriptive title)

  • Any additional information you can find

  • THEN CLICK SAVE to save the citation to your Noodletools list

VIDEO (Online Videos - You Tube) Citation directions

• Click to create a NEW SOURCE

• Select WEBSITE -- VIDEO CLIP (online)

Fill out:

• • URL for the video (copy and paste)

  • Date of publication (the “posted” date on You Tube)

  • Date Accessed (click TODAY to automatically fill in today’s date)

  • TITLE of VIDEO (copy this directly from You Tube)

  • Name of Site (put You Tube if you used You Tube for your video)

  • Posted by (if a company or group, put this in Last Name)

  • Any additional information you can find

  • THEN CLICK SAVE to save the citation to your Noodletools list

BOOK Citation Directions

• Click on NEW SOURCE

• Select PRINT or IN-HAND --- BOOK

• Fill out:

  • Role - Author

  • Author's first and last name

  • Title of the Book

  • Publisher (this is often on the title page ..... the company that publishes the book)

  • Date of publication (this is often on the page after the title page.... you want the most recent date that you see listed)

  • THEN CLICK SAVE to save the citation to your Noodletools list

DATABASE Citation directions - Lenape Media Center Databases & eBooks Page

• eBooks, Gale Databases, EBSCO Host databases, and Infobase databases:  

1. • These databases will allow you to export the citation directly to Noodletools 

   • From the article, click on CITE/CITATION

   • Select NOODLETOOLS to export 

   • A new tab will appear asking you to confirm that you want to import the citation.  Click to IMPORT into your Noodletools project

   • Refresh your Noodletools source page and you should see the citation in your list

AI OUTPUT / RESPONSE (Generative AI)

• Click on NEW SOURCE

• Click on WEBSITE

• Select AI RESPONSE/OUTPUT

• Fill out as much information as you have

  • • URL

    • Date of the output/response

    • Prompt (as entered to generate the AI response)

    • Name of AI tool

    • Publisher (if known)

    • Version (if known)

• If the response/output is textual, check off the box for "output is a creative textual work (e.g. a poem, short story, etc)"

  • • Enter the Title of the Work (or the first line of text followed by ...)

    • Enter a description of the work

SONG (SONG LYRICS) 

• If you used a website to find the lyrics or listen to a song:

  • Click on NEW SOURCE

  • Click on WEBSITE

  • Select SOUND RECORDING

  • Select SINGLE SONG/TRACK to cite just one song/one song's lyrics

    • Fill out:

      • Name of website

      • URL

      • Today's date

      • Performer's name

      • Title of Song

      • Title of Album

      • Year it was released

  • Click save

• If you listened to the song or found the lyrics on a CD/record:

  • Click on NEW SOURCE

  • Click on PRINT/IN HAND

  • Select SOUND RECORDING

  • Select SINGLE SONG/TRACK to cite just one song/one song's lyrics

  • Fill out:

    • Performer's name

    • Title of Song

    • Title of Album

    • Year it was released

  • Click save

MUSICAL SCORE/LIBRETTO 

• If you used a website to find the MUSIC:

  • Click on NEW SOURCE

  • Click on WEBSITE

  • Select MUSICAL SCORE OR LIBRETTO

    • Fill out:

      • Name of website

      • URL

      • Today's date

      • Composer's name

      • Title of Score

      • Year of Composition

• If you had sheet music in hand/in print:

  • Click on NEW SOURCE

  • Click on PRINT OR IN HAND

  • Select MUSICAL SCORE OR LIBRETTO

    • Fill out:

      • Composer's name

      • Title of Score

      • Year of Composition

SPEECH  

• Click on NEW SOURCE

• For a speech you heard/saw live or a teacher lecture:

  • Click on VIEWED/HEARD LIVE

  • Select LECTURE/SPEECH/READING

  • Fill out:

    • Name of speaker

    • Title of presentation

    • Place of speech

    • Date of speech

• For a speech found online - in written form or a video:

  • Click on WEBSITE

  • Select LECTURE/SPEECH/READING

  • Fill out:

    • URL of the website

    • Date you accessed/viewed the speech

    • Name of speaker

    • Title of presentation

    • Date of speech

    • Name of website

POEM (story, essay, poem) 

• Most poems are part of an anthology or collection found either online or in print:

  • Click on NEW SOURCE

  • Click on WEBSITE (or PRINT/IN-HAND)

  • Select ANTHOLOGY/COLLECTION

    • Select STORY, ESSAY, POEM, LONGER WORK

      • Fill out:

        • Name of website

        • URL

        • Today's date

        • Author's name

        • Title of Poem

        • Year the poem was published

        • Title of the book or larger work

• For a stand alone poem:

• • Click on NEW SOURCE

  • Click on WEBSITE or PRINT/IN-HAND

  • Select either WEBPAGE (if posted on a webpage) or the source if you selected PRINT/IN-HAND

    • • Fill out:

        • Name of source

        • URL

        • Today's date

        • Author's name

        • Title of Poem

        • Year the poem was published

FILM/MOVIE 

• If you watched it on a DVD or on TV:

  • • Click on NEW SOURCE

    • Click on VIEWED/HEARD LIVE

    • Select FILM OR VIDEO RECORDING

    • Fill out:

      • Name of director

      • Title of movie

      • Studio/production company

      • Year it was released

    • Click save

• If you streamed the movie online:

  • • Click on NEW SOURCE

    • Click on WEBSITE

    • Select FILM OR VIDEO RECORDING

    • Fill out:

      • Name of the website you viewed it on

      • Today's date

      • URL of the website

      • Name of director

      • Title of movie

      • Studio/production company

      • Year it was released

    • Click save

TELEVISION or STREAMING SHOW

• If you watched it on a DVD or on TV:

  • • Click on NEW SOURCE

    • Click on VIEWED/HEARD LIVE

    • Select TELEVISION PROGRAM

    • Fill out:

      • You can ignore the specific episode section since you are focusing on the work as a whole

      • For the SERIES enter:

        • Title of program

        • Name of director or creator

        • Network 

        • Date of broadcast (at least include year)

    • Click save

• If you streamed the show online:

  • • Click on NEW SOURCE

    • Click on WEBSITE

    • Select TELEVISION PROGRAM

    • Fill out:

      • Name of the website you viewed it on

      • Today's date

      • URL of the website

      • You can ignore the specific episode section since you are focusing on the work as a whole

      • For the SERIES enter:

        • Title of program

        • Name of director or creator

        • Network 

        • Date of broadcast (at least include year)

    • Click save

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES 

• If in print:

  • • Noodle Tools project – NEW SOURCE - select PRINT/IN-HAND

    • Select “newspaper” or “magazine”

    • Fill in the information and click on Save

• If using online newspapers/magazines:

  • • Noodletools project -- NEW SOURCE -- select WEBSITE

    • Select "newspaper" or "magazine"

    • Fill in the information and click on Save

ONLINE DICTIONARIES and ENCYCLOPEDIAS 

• Note the name of the database and the dictionary/encyclopedia

• Noodle Tools project – NEW SOURCE - select WEBSITE or DATABASE

• Select “reference source” (select the correct source material - dictionary or encyclopedia)

• Fill in the information and click on Save

PRESENTATION TEMPLATES (for instance, SlidesGo)

• Noodle Tools project – NEW SOURCE - select WEBSITE 

• Select "software"

• (the following example will be for Slides Go)

• Fill out:

  • • Name of Container Website (SlidesGo)

    • Publisher of the Site (Flaticon and Freepik)

    • URL (the link to the slidesgo page where you found the template -- NOT the google drive link to your edited template)

    • Date of access

    • Title of software (Presentation Template of "name of template used")

• ***For SlidesGo, it is REQUIRED that you keep the "thanks"/attribution slide in your presentation

INTERVIEW (personal interview)

• Noodle Tools project – NEW SOURCE - select VIEWED/HEARD LIVE

• Select "Interview"

• Fill out:

  • • Type of Interview (check off if personal interview that you conducted)

    • Click to select Interviewee

    • Enter name of Interviewee

    • Date and location of interview

CLASS LECTURE/NOTES/PRESENTATIONS (posted in Classroom)

• Noodle Tools project – NEW SOURCE - select PRINT/IN-HAND

• Select "Lecture, Speech, Reading"

• Fill out:

  • • Type of Presentation (lecture)

    • Presenter (teacher's name)

    • Title of Presentation

    • Presented at: Lenape High School

    • Event location/city: Medford, NJ

    • Date of Presentation (date posted in Classroom)

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION 

• Click on Website

• Select GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION

• Select the type of government publication

• For example, for a Census Report, you would select "REPORT" by a government agency and fill out the information