HIST 220 African American History

Automatic Citation Generator

NoodleTools

Access online tutorials using the links below:

Quick Guides: APA and MLA

Citation Quick Guides

NoodleTools Citation Workshop

NoodleTools Citation Workshop

Scholarship is a Conversation!
This hands-on workshop will help you understand why and how to give credit in your academic work and beyond.

Workshop focus:
  • Understanding why and when to cite other works
  • Integrating and citing sources material
  • Using NoodleTools citation maker
Please create your NoodleTools account before attending the workshop and/or be sure you can log in to your existing account.

See instructions below.

Schedule:  PENDING

See below for a link to our online asynchronous tutorial in Canvas. 

To Register:
  • Open the REGISTRATION LINK below to select the workshop date you would like.
  • We will send you registration confirmation. 
  • Please be sure to set up your NoodleTools Account or check your login to your existing account prior to the workshop. (Instructions are below.)
  • You may drop in without registering space permitting.
Set up your NoodleTools account
Asynchronous Citations & NoodleTools Workshops:

Can't attend a citation workshop at the scheduled times?  

You can take an online version of the workshop through our online NoodleTools Citation Tutorial in Canvas or the NoodleTools How-To Guide!

Chicago Citation Style

Chicago Citation Style

HOW TO CREATE FOOTNOTES IN MS WORD
  1. Click in the document where you want to insert the footnote
  2. Go to the References tab and click Insert Footnote
  3. A sequentially-numbered footnote will be created both in the document text and at the bottom of the page
  4. Paste your footnote to the right of the number at the bottom of the page
  5. Repeat for subsequent footnotes
HOW TO NUMBER PAGES STARTING AT THE SECOND PAGE IN MS WORD
  1. Go to the Insert tab, click Page Number, and choose the style: Top of Page, right justified
  2. In that same tab, click Page Number again, then choose Format Page Numbers > Start at 0
  3. In that same tab, (the Header and Footer tab), click Different First Page
  4. Then highlight the "0" in the header of the first page and delete it
  5. Select Close Header and Footer

 

 

What are Citations?

Citation Basics

Review the list and image below, which both outline how the in-text citation in your essay connects to the larger reference page of your work. 

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An image of how an in-text citation goes hand in hand with a reference list

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  1. Place in-text citations in the body of the paper to acknowledge the source of your information.  This is meant to be a shortened version of the full citation that appears on the final page of your paper.
  2. Place full citations for all your sources on the last page entitled References or Works Cited (different citation styles require different titles).  Full citations are meant to provide readers with enough information so that they can locate the source themselves.
  3. APA or MLA are citation styles.  Each has different guidelines for how source information (author, title, year...etc.) should be formatted and punctuated for both in-text citations and for the References or Works Cited pages
Consult a guide for the specific citation style you are using: