Bibliographic Tools - In going on Google to find some bibliographic tools, there was one
http://www.noodletools.com/tools/index.php
which caught my eye for a couple of reasons:
1) you had to pay for it; and
2) one of their catchy advertising ploys was that it "Teaches evaluation and analysis; not simply a "machine" that automates the process."
There are so many good resources that don't cost a thing that it seems somewhat foolish to think that the only way you can learn about these tools is to pay for them. To its credit, it does seem as if this course is a a veritable notetaking system not just a bibliographic citation device.
Nevertheless, who wants to analyze citation formats? I have always explained to the students that it is the most boring and tedious of tasks but unfortunately essential in writing a research paper. Furthermore, you have to know this at the onset of your paper as when you get to the end of your paper and then make ready to use the resources you have dig up and cannot find their sources, you have none!
One of our great English teachers utilizes Citation Maker which is a formulary to enter the information that you need and it creates it in the style you want. I like this although it does take a little getting used to it.
http://www.carmun.com/easy-bibliography-formatting-APA-MLA.php?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=bib&utm_campaign=apa
is one of these devices but her tool seemed less obtuse. Contact Bonnie Bellows at Humboldt Senior High for this.
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