Work aids: guides & AI tools

General information about the work aids

Academic writing and working poses a variety of challenges: from finding a topic, researching and writing a text to formal and stylistic design.

On this page you will find aids for all phases of your work process:

  • Classic working aids: Guidelines and form specifications from your specialist areas, supplemented by handouts for researching, presenting and citing.
  • AI-supported tools: digital tools that can support you in your work and help you, for example, to structure ideas, refine texts or formulate search queries.

Important: The content and formal requirements of your lecturers or departments always take priority. Use AI as a tool, not as a substitute for your own academic work. Responsibility for the content always lies with the user.

Link: AI research tools

Guides & handouts

Seminar papers and theses: guides and guidelines (German)

Umwelt-Campus: Leitfäden


Hauptcampus: Leitfäden

    Seminar papers and theses: supplementary materials (German)

    Umwelt-Campus: UBW


    Umwelt-Campus: UPUT


    Umwelt-Campus: allgemein


    Bibliothek: Literatur

    • H 11 (Signaturanfang): Anleitung zum wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten
    • W 06 (Signaturanfang): Didaktik der Wirtschaftswissenschaften
    Present (German)

    Umwelt-Campus: UWUR, UPUT


    Bibliothek: Literatur

    • H 11 (Signaturanfang): Anleitung zum wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten
    • H 13 (Signaturanfang): Verhandlungstechnik, Vorträge, Konferenztechnik, Schriftliche Korrespondenz
    • W 06 (Signaturanfang): Didaktik der Wirtschaftswissenschaften
    Research (German)

    Hochschule Trier: Recherche-Ratgeber

    Hochschule Trier: Übersicht Suchwerkzeuge


    Bibliothek: Literatur

    • H 11 (Signaturanfang): Anleitung zum wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten
    Cite (German)

    Hochschule Trier:

    (APA-Hilfen auch auf OPUS HS Trier: Link)

    AI: General

    Regulation on the use of AI at Trier UAS?

    As a general rule, the use of generative AI systems for writing seminar papers or theses is not permitted at Trier UAS unless the use is

    • explicitly permitted by the lecturers or examiners,
    • disclosed and documented in the thesis,
    • stated in the declaration of independence.

    Information on the examination regulations including a sample template for the declaration of independence and the documentation of use can be found here:

    Overview links

    Selection:

    AI: Application areas

    Finding topics and brainstorming

    What for?

    • At the beginning of a writing project, the question often arises: What do I want to or should I write about? What is the topic I have chosen about?
    • AI tools can be available to you as a dialog partner to gain initial insights, structure aspects of a topic, generate questions or identify gaps in existing research.


    Selection:

    Literature research

    What for?

    • Literature research forms the basis of a scientific paper. Especially at the beginning of a writing or research project, it is difficult to find your way through the multitude of potentially relevant search tools and sources.
    • AI-supported tools can help you gain a better idea of your search objectives, compile research terms, formulate search queries, select databases or obtain an overview of the current state of research.


    Selection:

    Text comprehension and analysis

    What for?

    • Scientific sources can require a great deal of reading or a lot of prior knowledge. The question often arises: Is it worth investing a lot of time in understanding the source or is it not relevant to my work?
    • AI tools allow you to make the decision easier with simplified summaries, visualizations or interactive explanations.


    Selection:

    • General
      Generative models such as ChatGPT ("Please explain the following section to me in simple terms ...")
    • Explainpaper
      Explainpaper
    • Tilda Technologies
      Humata
    • Google LLC
      NotebookLM
    • SciSummery
      SciSummery
    Text production

    For what?

    • Writing and structuring scientific texts is laborious and time-consuming. It is often difficult to write a first draft (“fear of the blank sheet of paper”).
    •  AI tools can support you by creating initial text and outline suggestions.


    Selection:

    • General
      Generative models such as ChatGPT ("I am writing a seminar paper on the topic ... Can you give me an introduction ...")
    • Jenni
      jenni
    • Cactus Communications
      Paperpal
    • Samwell
      Samwell
    • Writesonic
      Writesonic
    Text revision and correction

    What for?

    • The first versions of a scientific text usually contain a number of flaws: spelling mistakes, unscientific formulations, weaknesses in argumentation, etc. It is therefore important to revise your own text in several loops.
    • AI tools can support you with language correction, stylistic improvement or argumentation checks.


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    Visualization and creative help

    What for?

    • Especially if you want to present your results in a lecture or poster, it makes sense to work with illustrations and visualizations.
    • AI tools can help you to generate diagrams, concept maps, poster ideas, illustrations or layouts.


    Selection:

    Prompt generators

    What for?

    • The results you get from generative AI models such as ChatGPT depend heavily on how you communicate with the AI. In general, the following applies: The more concretely you describe the background and context of your request, the better results you will achieve.
    • There are tools to help you formulate your input.


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    Overall assistance systems

    Selection:

    Questions? Suggestions?

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    AI use: Please read

    As a general rule, the use of generative AI systems for writing seminar papers or theses is not permitted at Trier UAS unless the use is

    • explicitly permitted by the lecturers or examiners,
    • disclosed and documented in the thesis,
    • stated in the declaration of independence.

    Information on the examination regulations including a sample template for the declaration of independence and the documentation of use can be found here:


    Please also note:

    • Generative AI systems such as ChatGPT can produce erroneous or inaccurate statements (“hallucinations”).
    • The uncritical use of AI can deprive you of the opportunity to develop your own research skills.
    • The use of generative AI is associated with high energy consumption.
    • Its use may infringe copyrights or license conditions.

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