Materials & Resources

Lectures/Workshops CAWK Academic Resources Conducting online research Dictionaries Deciding on a topic or theme WRITE/CITATION OTHERS

Generative AI (External)

Lectures/Workshops

【Video】Academic Skills Mini-Lecture Series

*All videos include subtitles and support automatic translation.

Logic & Structure

Consider Your Reader

Academic Jouranal Articles

Using Credible Sources

Academic Writing for the Social Sciences, ALESA

レポートを書くとは (What is writing a report?) / JP

資料の収集と整理 (Collecting and organizing resources) / JP

引用とは -自分の意見と他者の意見を区別する- (What is a citation) / JP

引用の機能と方法 (The function and method of citation) / JP

パラグラフ・ライティング -論旨の明快なレポートを書くために (Paragraph Writing) / JP

レポートに必要な情報の取捨選択 (Selecting and choosing the information needed for the report) / JP

多様な情報を整理し、「ストーリー」を見つけ出そう (Organize diverse information and find the "story") / JP

美術作品のディスクリプション (Artwork Description) / JP

図表の説明の仕方　~説得力のあるレポートを書くために~ (How to describe figures and tables) / JP

英語学術論文執筆ミニ講座 (Mini Lectures on Academic Writing in English) / JP

Part1 学術論文を英語で書くのはなぜか？ (Why write academic papers in English?) / JP

Part2 IMRaD形式のコンテンツ (Content in IMRaD format) / JP

Part3 アカデミックライティング Accurate, Brief, and Clear (Academic Writing...Accurate, Brief, and Clear) / JP

CAWK Academic Resources

CAWK TAs have prepared these materials to assist in writing and presenting academic papers, and they are available for viewing and distribution in the CAWK room.
Please feel free to stop by if you are interested or wish to use them.　The current list of material titles is as follows. *All written in Japanese.

CAWKアカデミック・リソー

【Read】Tips for organizing previous research and reading papers
【Collect】Find and collect resources and materials
【Collect】Purpose and method, tools of organizing resources
【Research】Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods for Psychology and Linguistics
【Research】What is Quantitative and Qualitative Research in Psychology and Linguistics?
【Research】Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods for Psychology and Linguistics, Collection and Analysis of Qualitative Data
【Research】What is Quantitative and Qualitative Research in Political Science, Economics, and Sociology?
【Research】Fundamentals of corpus usage
【Organize】Grasp the Big Picture!
【Organize】Build the Structure of Your Paper or Report – Fundamentals & Academic Writing –
【Write】Citation
【Write】Academic Writing　The Basics of Writing Reports and Papers
【Write】Introduction to Office 1: How to use Words and useful functions
【Write】Introduction to Office 2: How to use PowerPoint and presentation
【Write】Methods to write a response to a report assignment's requirements
【Write】Methods of Argumentation in Reports

Conducting online research

Find & Collect References

Tips for Improving Literature Search Skills: Recommended Databases
Tips provided by UTokyo Komaba library. The problems and solutions, mainly library services, are introduced according to the search process for academic writing.
UTokyo OPAC
*The system for searching the online union catalog database of books and journals held in the UTokyo. It can be used to search all journals as well as books acquired by the UTokyo in 1986 and after.
EBSCOhost
*E-databases of UTokyo. A platform where you can search multiple databases. We recommend you to use it when you want to search for books, journal articles, reviews, or various other media.
CiNii
*A database service which can be searched with academic information of articles, books, journals and dissertations. It enables you to search not only information on academic articles but also a lot of information related to research activities such as research data and project information.
JSTOR
*A digital library provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
J-STAGE
*A platform for scholarly publications in Japan. Titles on J-STAGE cover a wide variety of academic fields, from natural sciences to humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary areas.
Google Scholar
*It provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From here, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
Google Books
*Search the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. (Full access to E-books are only available to some.)
ResearchGate
*It is convenient for searching and browsing papers and data sets. (Registration is required to use.) It is a social network service (SNS) for researchers, allowing them to register and share their own research papers and datasets. You can also ask questions about other research papers or accept and answer questions about your own research.
Others : Database List (University of Tokyo Library System)

Dictionaries

Oxford English Dictionary
*The definitive record of the English language, featuring 600000 words, 3 million quotations, and over 1000 years of English.