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        There are two online Web sites you can use to generate proper citations (bibliography entries) on your bibliography pages.  The first, easier but less reliable, is "Citation Machine."  The second (below)--more reliable but slower to use--is "NoodleTools" (below).  Citation Machine is good for just a few simple entries.  However, for fully accurate and/or longer or more complex entries, NoodleTools is far better.  

        If you would like to use Citation Machine, simply go to http://citationmachine.net and start.  If you would like to use NoodleTools, see the next section below.

        I have paid for a subscription to "NoodleTools," a Web tool that helps you make an MLA or APA bibliography.  Once you have signed up (it's free), all you have to do is enter the elements of a bibliography entry (e.g., author's names, title, publisher, etc.), and NoodleTools then will make a perfect bibliography entry that you can copy and paste into the bibliography of your own paper.

        Please note: you may use this tool only if you are part of a school class or school club that is working with me, or you are a colleague.  If you are, then please use the following instructions.

Instructions for New Users (Print these instructions or create a second  browser window.)

1. Go to http://www.noodletools.com/login.php?group=2940&code=2105 anytime now to August 9, 2007.  If you have your own computer, bookmark this site.
   

2. You'll come to the "Inver Hills Community College Personal Folder Login."  If you're a new user, do not try to write a personal login and password.  Instead, go to the bottom of the box and click on "New User? Create a new folder."  
   

3. Next, you'll come to the "New user registration" page.  You will then have to fill in the "School/Library Username" and "School/Library Password."  You must get these privately from me.  I will give them to you in class or by email.  If you have not yet received them, email me--remind me who you are, and then ask me for the NoodleTools School/Library Username and Password.  Then click on the small "login" box.
   

4. Then simply fill out the new registration page, providing your own secret username and identity for logging in in the future.  
   

5. You may then try out NoodleTools instantly by logging in.  To write a bibliography, choose "Advanced MLA," as that is what almost all my students use.  (However, if you know APA style and prefer that, you may choose it.)  Use NoodleTools anytime you want until August 2007 (possibly longer if I renew it).
   

6. If you do use NoodleTools, let me know what you think!  My own impression is that on basic bibliography entries, once you've learned how to do one, it's easier just to copy the pattern for the next one.  However, on more complex bibliography entries, NoodleTools can be a wonderful assistant.
   

7. If you have questions, feel free to ask: Richard.Jewell@inverhills.edu, (612) 870-7024, Business 136.

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Instructions for 2nd-time Users

1. Go to http://www.noodletools.com/login.php?group=2940&code=2105 anytime now to August 9, 2007.  If you have your own computer, bookmark this site.
   

2. You'll come to the "Inver Hills Community College Personal Folder Login."  Simply type in your own secret Username and Password (not the ones I gave you).  Then use NoodleTools.  If you have forgotten your old Username and Password, you may use the system NoodleTools provides for remembering it, or you may invent a new Username and Password--by starting over with the instructions above for "New Users" (and be sure to write down your new Username and Password somewhere).  
   

3. To write a bibliography, choose "Advanced MLA," as that is what almost all my students use.  (However, if you know APA style and prefer it, you may choose that.)  Use NoodleTools anytime you want until August 2007 (possibly longer if I renew it).
   

4. If you do use NoodleTools, let me know what you think!  My own impression is that on basic bibliography entries, once you've learned how to do one, it's easier just to copy the pattern for the next one.  However, on more complex bibliography entries, NoodleTools can be a wonderful assistant.
   

5. If you have questions, feel free to ask: Richard.Jewell@inverhills.edu, (612) 870-7024, Business 136.

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