This tutorial covers the following topics:
- How to create a source citation
- How to edit a source citation
- How to add and edit an annotation
- How to delete and undelete source citations
How to create a source citation
2. Click New Source.
Note: If you have selected in your profile to display "Show Me" help screens when available, a help screen will appear first.
- Show Me is an online tutorial to demonstrate how to evaluate the source.
- Source Check lists other related forms that may fit your source.
- If you are comfortable citing a particular type of source and wish to hide this additional help, check the “Hide this help screen next time” box at the bottom of the page.
4. On the form, fill in as many details about your source as possible. Help text pops up with tips as you move from field to field. Click on the blue information icon to view the tip.

5. A Guide at the top-right of the screen displays a formatting template. Click the blue tab (MLA Guide in the screenshot) to open the guide. As you enter information in the form, the corresponding element is highlighted in the template.

7. As you type into a field, NoodleTools automatically checks for common errors with capitalization, abbreviations, and more. When a yellow warning popup appears above the field, read the suggestions on how to correct the potential problem.
8. Click Save to generate the source citation.
9. If there are multiple citations in your source list, a link Jump to citation I just edited at the top of your source list scrolls your view to the one you just added (which will also be highlighted in your list).
How to edit a source citation
1. Find the source citation you wish to edit and select Edit in the Options menu.
2. Modify the information about your source. You can either:
- Correct individual fields,
- Use the dropdown list(s) at the top of the form to change the source or content types (e.g., Journal instead of Magazine or Editorial instead of Article), or
- Modify the publication medium if necessary by selecting a different tab at the top of the form (e.g., Web Site instead of Print).
3. Check for any new data required if you have updated the publication medium or source/content type.
4. Click Save.
How to delete and undelete source citations
Deleting a source:
Find the entry you wish to remove and select Delete in the Options menu.
Click OK when asked Are you sure you wish to delete the selected entries?

Deleting multiple sources at once:
Mark the checkboxes to the left of the sources you wish to delete.
Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click Delete.
Click OK when asked Are you sure you wish to delete all of the entries that are selected above?
Undeleting sources:
- Click Undelete at the top of the screen.
- A Restore deleted citations window will appear that allows you to mark checkboxes next to the items you wish to recover.
- Click Undelete.
NOTE: Notecards become unlinked from a source when the source is deleted (they become “thought cards”). If you restore a source, you will need to relink its notecards (either by editing each notecard and selecting the right item from the Source menu or by selecting multiple notecards on the Notecard Tabletop and clicking Link to source to relink all of them).