Educator Guide

Created by: Nalani Naluai, Kahu `Ike Date: January 7, 2013

EasyBib URL

www.easybib.com

Citation Highlights

• Citing is intuitive• Cite while writing, properly credit sources

and avoid plagiarismEasily create a bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles

Export to Word or Google docs fully formattedCreate in text citations, and tag and sort citations. Cite/auto-cite 58 source types

Notebook Highlights

• Notebook teaches students to meaningfully organize their notes helping them become organized and effective researchers

Two systems: virtual note cards and Cornell Note taking

Create a dynamic outline that lets student fluidly move data points to improve flow

Group, color, and tag notes, and associates them with your outline and sources

Registering – Using a coupon code with a third party service

Register with a third party service

Click coupon codes link at

account page to upgrade

Add coupon code to access premium features. IP

authenticated computers will have immediate access

This is the project management page. Students can create, manage, and view projects.

Each project has a bibliography, a notebook and a paper attached to it.

Start by clicking “create a new project.”

Getting started

Creating a New Project

Next, select the desired citation style(students can always change this later)

First name the project

Then click “create”

The new project has been created and appears at the bottom

Starting a bibliography or notebook

To start creating citations for this project, just click “Bibliography.” Click “Notebook” to create notes and an outline. Click “Paper” to open a Google doc.

Associate your project with a Google documentClick the paper link

Associate with a new Google document or an existing one, and grant access

Easily produce a draftQuickly add parenthetical citations and footnotes

Copy and paste from outline and notes

Selecting a source type to cite

Here is the bibliography start page. Students can easily select the most popular sources to cite, or they can click all 59

options to see all the sources EasyBib supports

Using the notebook

Notebook

Create virtual note cards, associate notes with your outline, and manage your notes in list format

Access the notebook through project management page or by clicking the notebook tab

Notebook – Creating a New NoteTitle your note

Click the “New note” button or

double click anywhere within the note pane to add a note

Students can differentiate between quotes, paraphrasing and their own

comments/thoughts

Associate the note with a source in the bibliography

Organize notes by creating groups, adding tags and/or color-coding

Add a page number, paragraph number, or URL, to better

track information

Writing the Paper

Students simply tab back to projects to open up their paper.