Note cards
Jul 14, 2015
Note cards
Today‟s Plan
Brief demo of how to create Notecards
Feedback on NoodleTools from Mrs. Levy
Questions or observations
Components is your
“home base” for parts of
the research process.
Notecards can be
started in a few
locations.
Notecards may also be started in the Bibliography
from the source you are working with. Click on „New‟
to start a notecard from this source.
If you begin your notecard from Bibliography, it will
automatically select the Source for you.
Remember, anywhere there is a drop-down
arrow, there is a field to change options.
Notecards should ALWAYS be 1
thought, quote, idea or bit of
information per notecard.
Your notecards will be longer than
you may have experienced in the
past. However, make sure you
are selective in what goes on
each notecard.
Each Notecard MUST be backed to a Source in
NoodleTools.
HINT: If you haven‟t completed a Works Cited entry or
citation, you will not be able to create a Notecard
using that Source.
Create a Title (Main Idea) for each notecard. The title
should be a mix of general and specific. Too general, it
gets lost in other information. Too specific, you‟re writing
another notecard. REMEMBER: There will be a many
notecards so a Title will be helpful in sorting through
information for the Outline.
For every Notecard there are 3 options:
Direct Quotation: Word for word
Paraphrase or Summary: Restating in your own wordsMy Ideas: What You Think About The Information
The easiest thing to do is open
side-by-side windows.
Copy/paste your information in to
Direct Quotation. Be selective
and make you are not adding too
much information to one
notecard. If you are working from
a print source, you will need to
manually enter the quote.
Stay honest in your paraphrase. This is
most often where mistakes are made
and accidental plagiarism occurs.
If you are working from a source that has Pages, it
MUST be added in!
NOTE: Pages are not a span: 35-55
Pages are NEVER more than 1-2 page
spread: 30, 31-32
My Ideas1. Great Place to Put Thoughts About How You
Might Use This Information
2. Don’t Understand Something? Put Questions Here or Connections to Help You
Save Your
Notecard
Here
If you started your notecard from Bibliography, it will bring you
back to this screen. Here you will see how many notecards you
have created for each source. If you have a notecard that is not
„piled‟ under a source, you have not attached that card to a
source.
Completed Notecards
will appear here.
Click & drag the
Notecard to your
“Tabletop”.
The “Tabletop” is where
you can sort & pile your
Notecards.
Creating “Piles” is a great way to sort and organize your
Notecards in preparation for Outlines.
Add, remove or change “Piles” for any Notecards.
HINT: Only works with more than 1 Notecard.
Plan ahead to
possible sections in
your Outline when you
create piles.
Drag your cards to the „tabletop‟.
It is SO important to organize
your Notecards. Creating an
Outline will be very easy if you
work NOW to keep your
Notecards by major topics. It will
change constantly as you
continue to add Notecards but
the work will be worth it!
BOTTOM LINE: Find out what
works best for you,
but do SOMETHING!
If you allow your
mouse to „hover‟ over
the piled notecards, it
will offer you an
option to Edit or View
your cards.
I can look at my piled notecards “at a glance” and see if I am
strong or weak in a section.
Anything in NoodleTools can be
printed. Printing all Notecards or
select Notecards. Export to
Word.
Need help?
Having difficulty tracking sources?
Need help with citations?
Please ask. I am here to help!