Select a Citation Guide
Check your syllabus or ask your professor if you're not sure which style to use!
Most Common Styles
- MLA is most often used in English, literature, composition, and the humanities
- APA is most common in psychology, anthropology, business, economics, education, political science, and other social sciences
- Chicago/Turabian are most frequently used in history and some social sciences
Other Styles
- ACS is used in the field of chemistry
- AMA is used in medicine, health publications, and athletic training
- ASA is used in sociology
- CSE/CBE is used in biology and many natural sciences
Select a style to get started:
Creating a NoodleTools Account
Follow these steps the first time you use NoodleTools:
Enter your Plymouth State email address, eg. username@plymouth.edu
Login with your Plymouth State username and password
Decide if you want to allow NoodleTools to have permission to access your Office365 profile
(Plymouth State subscribes to Office365, which NoodleTools uses for single sign-on access)
Choose whether you want to remain logged in to your account
If you already have a NoodleTools account, you may choose to link it to the one you're creating
If you do not have a NoodleTools account already, or don't want to link it, create a new account instead
Select the year you plan to graduate
Once you are in, select "New Project" to begin making a references list
Project title: You might want to name it after the assignment you are working on
Citation level: This determines how many different choices you have when selecting the format (book, journal, video, etc.). We recommend Junior or Advanced.
Select "Sources" to start adding items to your list of references
When you select "Create New Citation" you find the right format for the item you are citing
