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NoodleTools & Citation Help

 These interactive websites create citations for your bibliography by putting information
that you provide about your sources into the proper format.
 

NoodleTools We subscribe to this high quality, fee-based system for creating bibliographies and notecards.  For instructions on how to register, click here. For instructions on how to print your notecards, click here. For a few quick citations to paste into a document without logging in, try NoodleBib Express.

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• EasyBib
  A free MLA bibliography composer. EasyBib: the bibliography maker.

• Citation Machine
  An interactive Web tool designed to help teachers model and students learn the correct way to cite their sources.(MLA, APA, Chicago)

• KnightCite
  MLA, APA & Chicago citation creation service from the Hekman Library of Calvin College.

• SourceAid
  Free writing and resource tool to help punctuate, format, and produce bibliographies in all four standard styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, & CSE). Registration (free) is required.

• WorldCat - Build a Bibliography
  Allows you to enter the title of a book or article, select the title you need from the results list, and then displays citations in MLA, APA & Chicago style. You can also make this page a friend on Facebook.

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  These websites provide additional information on writing, citing,
  and constructing a bibliography.

• Purdue Online Writing Lab
  Help with all aspects of writing: thesis statements, research, grammar  and mechanics, citation.

• APA, MLA, Turabian, Chicago and AMA Citation Styles
  Select the link for any of these formats to view sample citations.

• Chicago Manual of Style - Quick Guide
  Common examples of sources cited in both forms of Chicago style

• Chicago Style Guide - Ohio State University
  Examples are shown for both the Author-Date style recommended for natural sciences and social sciences, as well as the Notes-Bibliography style used for fine arts, history, literature, etc.

• Citing Images and Pictures - Babson College
  Images or pictures that you decide to use in a presentation or research papers must be cited.
  This site offers guidelines and an example.

• Springfield Township Library Bibliographic Style Guide
  Gateway to many helpful citation guides and interactive resources.

• Writer's Handbook
  The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center has MLA and APA styles of 
  documentation in addition to quoting, paraphrasing and acknowledgment of sources guidance.

 Research Guides & Worksheets

Research guides & worksheets offer you selected resources in a variety of media in a general topic area. They provide a head start as you begin your research project. 
 

Plagiarism Is...

                                                      © Hilary B.Price. Used with special permision of "King Features Syndicate"

• Quick quiz:  When to Cite Sources - True or False?
  

• Plagiarism is...

• Copying a paper from the web.

• Using a friend’s paper.

• Using a paper that was written for another class.

• Copying a writer word for word without quotation marks.

• Paraphrasing inadequately – changing just a few words
   while keeping grammar and other aspects of the text the same.

• Using another person’s ideas or facts without attribution.

• It's wrong because... 

• It's cheating.  It's also lying, and it's usually stealing.

• It insults your teacher, your fellow students and your school. 

• It deprives the true authors of credit for their work. 

• It deprives you of a part of your education. 
  (Doing your own work and thinking for yourself is how you learn.) 

• It prevents your readers or audience from discovering where to go for more information on the topic.

• Some examples: Is it plagiarism?  
  

• Consequences: Student Handbook Academic Honor Code
  

• Now try this quiz:  To Cite or Not to Cite?

Now that you know how important it is to cite your sources, you probably got all the answers right.  But if you want to check the answers to both of the quizzes on this page, see a member of the Conard Library staff.