Creating a Works Cited Page with NoodleTools
Accessing NoodleTools
From the Library Home Page, http://ccri.edu/lerc/lib.htm, click on Other Electronic Resources, then select
NoodleTools. If you have not used NoodleTools before, follow the instructions for creating a Personal ID and
password.
Entering Citation Information
Once you have signed in, click on the Create a New List button.
Select the format you’ll be using, enter a name for your document, then click Create List. The example in this
handout uses the MLA Starter option.
From the dropdown box, select the type of citation you are entering. For this example, we’ll create a citation for a
journal article.
Most articles from library resources will
fall under this category. Don’t worry about
the difference between a Journal and a
Magazine; the citations are very similar.
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First, identify the citation elements for the article you are citing:
Title of article
Author
Title of Journal or Magazine
Date, volume, issue, page(s)
Select your citation type and click on Create Citation:
Indicate whether your article’s format is print, online, or a digital file. When you locate an article from a periodical
database such as Academic Search Complete, or an electronic resource such as Opposing Viewpoints, you would
select the Online option, then click on Next.
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Indicate that you located the article in an online database and click on Next:
The next screen shows you how the information about your article forms a citation:
Enter the information about your article into the appropriate boxes. You can type it in, or use copy/paste to paste
in the information if you have the article open in a separate window:
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Under the URL box is the note, The 7th edition of the MLA Handbook does not require a URL. Should I still
provide one? Check with your professor to see if you should enter a URL as part of your citation. If so, you can
click on the underlined link to read more about how to enter the URL.
If you are creating an annotated bibliography, enter your notes in the Annotation box at the bottom of the screen.
Click on Check for Errors and make corrections as necessary. When the error check is successfully completed,
click on Generate Citation.
Creating Your Works Cited Page
When you generate your citation, you’ll see how it will appear in the Works Cited page:
Click on the Create Citation button to enter another source.
Once you have citations for all of the sources you’re citing, select the Save as Word Doc option. Make changes to
the formatting options if necessary, then click on Export and Print. Follow the prompts to open your document in
Word.
Below is an example of a completed Works Cited page:
MW_Nov16_09 rev.
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