User GuideEasyBib School Edition

Creating NotecardsEasybib Notebook allows users to create virtual notecards and

build outlines, organizing their research.

Click New Note and fill in the needed

notecard information. Easybib has fields for:

• Title – what is this notecard about

• Source – link this notecard to a bibliography

source for this project

• Evidence from text (direct quote) –

copy/paste or type in text

• Paraphrase

• Comment – provide additional thoughts or

context to how this information will be used.

• Identifier – information on how to find this

quote such as pages, sections, paragraph.

Organizing NotecardsEach notecard has organize options to help users synthesize

information and connect supporting ideas to main points.

Click +Organize to view the various

ways to organize notecards.

• Group – users can group information

into main points

• Tags – users can also use tags as a

secondary way to group information

• Color – color coding is a simple visual

way for users to distinguish how

information relates and will be used

Visualize View for Notecards

Each notecard has organize options to help users synthesize

information and connect supporting ideas to main points.

The Visualize view allows users to create notecards and see and arrange them spatially. Notecards

can be moved by dragging and dropping around the space.

Editing Notecards in the Visualize View

Users can edit their notecards, allowing them to add, remove or

simply change the content.

To edit a notecard, double click on the card or select the card and click the Edit

button on the top menu.

Ungrouping NotecardsThe Visualize view allows users to also ungroup notecards. Users

can easily re-order

By dropping one card on another users can create new groups. Double click the title to rename it.

Maximizing Notecardsin the Visualize View

As users create groups to organize information they can still view

the full content of their notecards from the visualize view.

Users can maximize notecards to view their

full content by hovering over the not card

and clicking maximize in the black pop up

that appear.

Ungrouping Notecardsin the Visualize View

Users may find they need to reorganize information as they

continue through the research process. Ungrouping notes allows

them to re-order them later.

Clicking the + on a group of notecards will expand the note card area. From here you

can click on a specific notecard and drag it out of the group area.

Deleting Notecards in the Visualize View

Users may sometimes realize they don’t need a notecard they have

created and want to delete it.

Users can delete notes by:

• Selecting the notecard to be deleted and then click the Delete button on the top menu.

• Hovering over the notecard so the black box appears and then click Delete.