An online research management platform including a bibliography composer and note-taking features.
What is it?
NoodleTools is a resource that allows students to evaluate resources, build accurate citations, archive source material, take notes, outline topics, and prepare to write. it generates accurate MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian references with options to annotate and archive lists of documents. It offers a visual 'tabletop' to manipulate, tag and pile notecards, then connect them in outlines to prepare for writing. Why use it?
Use this resource if you are looking for an all-in-one resource to assist with note-taking, citations, and pre-writing projects.
Free access to a long list of articles on critical thinking, including definition, fundamentals, and issues. Articles directed toward students on reading critically are also available.
(http://criticalthinking.net/) Contains definitions of and infomation about critical thinking. Student section of site leads students through strategies of critical thinking.
(http://learningcommons.ubc.ca/critical-thinking) From the Learning Commons website of the University of British Columbia, includes links to resources, tips to download, and critical thinking videos. including three minute tutorials.
(http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/etext/e-mail.htm) Some professionals get scores of e-mails a day. Follow these tips in order to give your recipients the information they need in order to act on your message sooner rather than later.
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/audmod/list3.cfm “When we talk to someone face-to-face, we know just who we are talking to. We automatically adjust our speech to be sure we are communicating our message. Many writers don't make those same adjustments when they write to different audiences, usually because they don't take the time to think about who will be reading what they write. To be sure that we communicate clearly in writing, we need to adjust our message--how we say to and what information we include--by recognizing that different readers can best understand different messages”
