Tour PaperToolsPro™

Because PaperToolsPro™ is web based, no software is downloaded to your computer. Students, teachers, libraries, and schools subscribe to PaperToolsPro™ for one year; professional writers can subscribe for an unlimited time. All work is done from logging in at www.PaperToolsPro.net; and all work is saved to that server. At any time, users can save to their computer all notes, bibliography entries, and entire project as HTML files; and copy/pasted or drag/dropped parts or all the notes, bibliography entries, and Ideas Page to a word processing file.

Four steps required by PaperToolsPro™ to complete a note as listed on the screen:

· Step 1: Enter new note by clicking NEW NOTE to enter the note’s content as a quotation or paraphrase

· Step 2: Identify the note by entering a descriptor/slug and up to three keywords

· Step 3: Save the note by clicking SAVE/UPDATE

· Step 4: Identify the note’s source by either clicking Enter Bibliography to enter full bibliography information for a source used the first time or inserting a previous citation for a source already used.

Fig. 1 Note Editor screen

From the left column of the Note Editor screen:

· Click NEW NOTE to get window to enter notes with ability to compare paraphrase with original quotation to avoid plagiarism; click Edit Quotation/Paraphrase to revise quotations and paraphrases already entered (Fig. 2)

· Identify notes by a descriptor and up to 3 keywords

· Insert new keywords

· See citation for entered note

· Save a new note or update a revised note by clicking SAVE/UPDATE

· Search previous notes

· Click to view an individual note or view all notes as quotations and/or paraphrases with descriptor, keywords, citations, and active URLs if found online (Fig. 3)

Fig 2: Enter notes as quotation and/or paraphrase

Fig. 3: View all notes as quotation and/or paraphrase

with descriptor, keywords, and citation

From the middle column:

· Name of project on screen

· Enter Bibliography to reach appropriate window to make bibliography entry (Fig. 4)

· Kind of source for current note

· Select and insert previously used keywords into notes

Fig. 4: Bibliography entry screen for a scholarly journal

From the right column:

· Current thesis statement with ability to revise and save

· See style chosen and change style to MLA, APA, ACS, CBE, AAAS, Chicago Humanities or Science

· Ideas Page to list research questions, main ideas from research for creating an outline at completion, or collaborate with others working on same project

· View Outline Page button to go to a window with an outline model and instructions to organize ideas into a sentence outline

· Select and insert citation from previously used sources

From the tabs on top:

Select different project or create a new one

View bibliography in the style chosen (Fig. 5)

View all software documentation and instructional materials in Help Files, Tutorial, and Resources pages

Import Sources from citation management programs

Organize notes using a search query (Fig. 6)

Access Internet and bookmarks

View or delete project database

Fig. 5: List of bibliography entries in MLA style

Fig. 6: organize notes using a search query

PaperToolsPro™ will help you become actively engaged in a process to

• gather information from the best sources
• read them critically in order to put information in your own words
• make connections between information and ideas researched
• keep careful record of where the information was found
• avoid plagiarism
• organize your information
• begin a draft with citations
• create a bibliography for the final paper

… so that the final product reflects your best work and has made the best use of your time.

Copyright © 2011 Ronald Slatin & Dorothy Mikuska