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

Campus-Bibliothek: Literatur

Present (German)

Umwelt-Campus: UWUR, UPUT

 

Campus-Bibliothek: Literatur

Research (German)

Hochschule Trier: Recherche-Ratgeber

Hochschule Trier: Übersicht Suchwerkzeuge

Campus-Bibliothek: Literatur

Cite (German)

Hochschule Trier:

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

AI: General

Regulation on the use of AI at Trier UAS

At Trier University of Applied Sciences, the following applies: Generative AI is generally permitted as an aid in all forms of examination, provided that the examiner does not stipulate otherwise. The exact scope of permitted use must be determined and communicated by the examiner no later than when the task is issued.

In the case of unsupervised written examinations (e.g. seminar papers), a declaration regarding the use or non-use of AI-supported aids must be included in the declaration of originality. If AI has been used, the declaration must contain at least the following points:

  • Confirmation of compliance with the applicable AI regulations
  • Acceptance of responsibility for the content and accuracy of AI-generated statements
  • Declaration of complete and truthful attribution of AI-generated statements.

Information and regulations regarding the use of AI at Trier University of Applied Sciences can be found here:

Overview links

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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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.


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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 assistence systems

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Questions? Suggestions?

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AI use: Infos

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 and regulations on the use of AI at Trier University of Applied Sciences 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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