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Citation Guides and Examples

MLA Citation Guide

A guide with examples for formatting an in-text citation, citations on a Works Cited list, and an MLA research paper.

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APA Citation Guide

A guide with examples for formatting an in-text citation, citations on a Reference list, and an APA research paper.

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NoodleTools Guides & Videos

NoodleTools is an online citation tool available free to all CCSF students and faculty. Use it to create, save, and export MLA, APA, and Chicago citations and reference lists.

Two Ways to Login to NoodleTools

A video by CCSF librarians showing how to login to NoodleTools for CCSF students, faculty and staff.

How to Create a NoodleTools Project

A video by CCSF librarians with instructions for creating a NoodleTools project.

CCSF Library YouTube Channel: NoodleTools
See the full list of CCSF NoodleTools videos, including how to use Quick Cite to copy/paste citations, how to enter citation information for a website, how to print/export, and more!
NoodleTools Login
Select the Google icon at the bottom of the white box on the screen, and then enter your CCSF gmail account that ends in @mail.ccsf.edu
NoodleTools Express
Create a one-time citation without logging in or saving your work.
NoodleTools Quick Guide For Students
A guide with step-by-step instructions and images from NoodleTools.

Citation Tutorials

Citation Champion: MLA Style

A self-paced, interactive workshop in Canvas on citing and formatting sources in a research project, using MLA citation style, and avoiding plagiarism.

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Citation Champion: APA Style

A self-paced, interactive workshop in Canvas on citing and formatting sources in a research project, using APA citation style, and avoiding plagiarism.

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Citation Management Tools

Mendeley

Mendeley is a free tool that collects, organizes, & cites your references.

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Zotero

Zotero is a free tool that collects, organizes, & cites your references.

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Have you mastered the use of NoodleTools? Are you looking for a way to manage more sources? Consider using one of these tools. They help you store and organize your articles and other sources as well as cite them.

CC License

This guide has been adapted from a guide originally created by Tessa Withorn, Maggie Clarke, Jillian Holt Eslami, and Carolyn Caffrey Gardner and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.