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Introduction to the AWSD Toolkit
To make your academic writing process more efficient and organized, this page introduces various tools to help you manage your writing projects. Whether you are writing a 500-word paper for an assignment, a 8,000-word thesis, or a book, learning about some useful tools may smooth out your path of academic writing.
このページでは、ライティングプロジェクに役立つさまざまなツールを紹介します。論文の語数にかかわらず、いくつかの便利なツールを活用することで、アカデミックライティングをスムーズに行うことができます!
- Tools for incubating ideas
Before you write, you may cycle through stages of planning, brainstorming, drafting, or even sketching. You may also be reading various references and taking notes along the way. You will benefit greatly from the one-stop tools below.
書き始める前に、計画を立て、ブレインストーミングを行い、下書きをします。様々な文献を読み、メモを取っていきます。その際、下記のツールが役に立ちます!
MS OneNote
https://www.onenote.com/
OneNote allows you to keep multiple notebooks. Within each notebook, you can open multiple sections, and within sections you can open multiple pages. The pages support text, simple drawing, voice recording, and insertion of files, images and calendar. The use of tags or a simple keyword search can help retrieve information.
OneNoteは、手帳やノートのように自由に書き込むことができるデジタル版のノートです。OneNoteでは、ノートブックを、複数作成することが可能です。ノートブックの中身を「セクション」に分割することができます。セクションごとにページを追加することもできます。ページには、文字、イラスト等の機能もあり、ファイル、写真、カレンダーも追加できます。タグ又はキーワードをつかい、簡単に情報を得ることができます。
Joplin
https://joplinapp.org/
A free open source alternative to the MS OneNote. It has similar functions as OneNote and is an equally good tool to type, draw, make lists, save hyperlinks, insert images and files.
Joplinは無料のノートアプリです。One-Noteと同じように、描画、リストの作成、ハイパーリンクの保存、画像やファイルの挿入ができます。
TheBrain
https://www.thebrain.com/
This option is a non-linear visual organization tool. You can organize and link your different ideas in a web-like structure.
グラフィックやマッピングを作ることができます。
2. Researching
These are the most handy tools for searching for scholarly references.
学術文献を簡単に検索できるツールです。
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/
University of Tsukuba Library Tulips Search https://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/lib/
3. Writing
To make your writing process a lot more organized, you should learn about the following two functions in your existing word processing software, such as MS Word, Google Docs, Pages, etc:
書く際、以下の機能を使ってみましょう!
Set Text Level
This allows you to view your writing in Outline mode, generate a Table of content by one click, and navigate through your document easily. This is particularly useful if your paper is long (e.g. 3000 words or above).
目次を作ることができます。特に、3000語数以上の論文に役に立ちます。
Citation
Most word processing software now has built-in citation functions for easy in-text citation and reference list generation.
ワープロソフトには引用文献や参考文献を挿入する機能があります。
Set Text Level in MS Word
Set Text Level in Google Docs
Citation in MS Word (Under construction)
4. Editing
You can use these sites to help check your grammar, writing readability, and references.
以下のサイトで、文法チェック、読みやすさ、参考文献をチェックすることができます。
Grammarly https://www.grammarly.com/
Writefull https://www.writefull.com/
ProWritingAid https://prowritingaid.com/en/App/Features
WordTune (Chrome plug-in) https://www.wordtune.com/
Slick Write https://www.slickwrite.com/#!home
Keenious https://keenious.com/ (related research suggested by AI)
Ref-N-Write https://www.ref-n-write.com/
Tools for Advanced Researchers
For researchers who are engaging in more elaborate writing projects, the following tools may be useful.
Citation guides
These guides are useful to help understand different types of citations. Check the referencing style you need to use with your department and/or publication.
参考文献の書き方を理解するには、以下が役に立ちます。自分の大学、又は学会の文献スタイルをご確認ください。
Purdue OWL (Comprehensive) https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/resources.html
APA style https://apastyle.apa.org/
Chigaco style https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
MLA style https://style.mla.org/ https://style.mla.org/works-cited/works-cited-a-quick-guide/
Online Citation generators
A quick way to generate a reference list with a small number of items
以下のツールで、参考文献リストが作れます。
Citation Machine https://www.citationmachine.net/
Zoterobib https://zbib.org/
APA citation generator https://www.scribbr.com/apa-citation-generator/
Mybib https://www.mybib.com/
Easybib https://www.easybib.com/
Bibliography software and plug-in
For researchers who are managing larger projects which require a sizable body of references, a good bibliography software helps keep your references organized for easy retrieval and easy citation.
以下のソフトウェアで、論文の参考文献を整理することができます。
EndNote https://endnote.com/
Mendeley https://www.mendeley.com/
Zotero https://www.zotero.org/
Civati https://www.citavi.com/en
RefWorks @ ProQuest https://www.refworks.com/refworks2/?groupcode=RWUTsukuba
BibTeX http://www.bibtex.org/
Cite This For Me https://www.citethisforme.com/
Other online research tools
Dictionaries: Collocation, Thesaurus, OED etc. (suggestions)
Oxford English Dictionary https://www.tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp/lib/en/dbinfo/OED (Currently suspended)
Cambridge Online Dictionary https://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Merriam-Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/
Collins Cobuild https://www.collinsdictionary.com/
Macmillan Dictionary https://www.macmillandictionary.com/browse/collocations/british/a/
Online Collocation Dictionary https://www.freecollocation.com/
Ozdic Collocation Dictionary https://ozdic.com/
One Look Dictionary Search https://www.onelook.com/