October 8, 2024

You’ve made it past the first challenge — now you have an initial framework for your paper! You already know what’s going to be in the paper, what you’ll write about, the topic, the research question, who you’ll interview, and of course, you’ve got a beautifully-designed opening page. Now comes the part we love most—say hi to Google Scholar! Google Scholar is the most popular search engine for academic articles, and you’re going to spend quite a bit of time here. Let’s pause for a moment to discuss what an academic article is, what can be included in your work, what should definitely not be included, and why Wikipedia isn’t a dirty word.  An academic article is one that’s published in scientific journals, and it’s pretty easy to identify because you’ll see it’s from a journal. It will have a structure that matches an article, it will include a bibliography, and sometimes you’ll need access rights to open it. Quality academic articles are those that are frequently cited; on any academic article site, you can get all the details of the article even before you open it—from abstracts, authors, page numbers, citations, and more (it’s recommended to read the abstract of each article; it gives you an overview of the paper and can help you determine if it’s relevant to your research). Other sources that can be used in your work are primary sources. These are usually needed in historical works and may include international treaties, reports, declarations, speeches, original documents, and more. While these sources may not provide a lot of words to fill your paper, they certainly enrich the work and can teach you about conducting serious and quality research. Many students aren’t sure about this, but you can definitely use articles from newspapers or online news sites, online articles, lectures, videos, and more. While they cannot be the sole sources in your work, they will significantly augment the academic sources you’ve already gathered. Back to Google Scholar, the popular search engine for academic articles. It’s user-friendly and fast, allowing you to find nearly any peer-reviewed academic article (a process of external evaluation for academic articles) and like Google, there’s almost no end to the amount of information it holds. But, actually, this may be a problem… Why? Because with such vast information at your disposal, you can easily get lost, so our most important advice is—focus! But not too much. Here’s what we mean:  For instance, if your research question is “Do sports habits affect motivation among fourth graders?” If you search “motivation and sports,” you’ll get a huge amount of articles and information, most of which won’t be relevant. Instead, we would search “How does sport affect motivation among children?” Notice, however, that we aren’t adding “fourth graders” because we wouldn’t want to limit our search too much and end up with no articles at all. So, focus, but not too much. Next, we recommend being creative. Google Scholar isn’t the only place to find articles. We’ll let you in on a secret: if you find one good article, you can often find other good ones within it that perfectly match your topic. Additionally, we wanted to mention Wikipedia, the site most hated by professors, but we quite like it. It functions somewhat like an academic article in that at the end of each relevant Wikipedia page, you can find very high-quality sources that the author used. Don’t hesitate to look there too. But now, in the 21st century, we can start saying bye bye to Google Scholar 😢… and hello to AI! As we embrace newer, smarter technologies, AI-powered tools are changing the way we find academic articles. These advanced platforms use machine learning algorithms to understand the context of your research needs, and improve search accuracy and efficiency. AI tools like Iris.ai and Semantic Scholar leverage natural language processing to sift through vast databases, identifying and recommending the most relevant articles based on the nuances of your research questions. They not only provide tailored search results but also analyze citation networks to highlight influential papers and emerging trends. Also, consider using an artificial intelligence tool like RikiGPT, which can prepare an organized list of articles for each chapter you’re working on. This can save you considerable time and effort by quickly sourcing relevant literature and providing structured references, streamlining the literature review process effectively. This shift towards AI-driven research tools promises to streamline the academic research process, making it faster, more precise, and more interconnected than ever before. After you’ve gathered your desired sources, it’s important to read and extract relevant data from the articles. The idea is to integrate all the articles to create a high-quality literature review that meets the needs of your topic and research question.

We’ve crafted the perfect, A-to-Z guide on how to write a research paper with AI. Based on years of experience, this guide will tell you exactly how to create the perfect paper and how to save you plenty of time to do the things you actually love. Hint: use RikiGPT…  This guide is structured as a list of tips, of “dos and don’ts”. Writing a research paper requires not just knowledge, but a unique strategy, like the one we’ve developed through hundreds of papers we’ve helped write. Follow our guide step by step, but if you ever find yourself lost, we’re here to help. Ready?  Well congrats! You are a top student about to embark on one of the coolest experiences in academia. No, it’s not the course selection, the lengthy homework, the tough tests, or the lecturing… It’s a research paper! Your own contribution to the world of academia, a literature masterpiece that encompasses the knowledge you acquired in your degree.  But in a swift moment, the excitement can become a daunting experience. How do I even approach a whole research paper? Well not to worry, that’s what we’re here for.  A research paper requires a serious and thorough research process, initially based on a topic that could be important to you or related to your field of study. Once you choose a topic, you’ve already made significant progress, and all that’s left is to formulate a research question, find articles, write a literature review, discuss all the significant studies and theories, interview mom, dad, grandma, and your neighbor, even though they’re not exactly relevant to the question you came up with of “How does sports increase motivation among children aged 5”, and then input all the data you’ve gathered into software you’ve never tried called SPSS. And there, the findings align with your hypothesis, and there’s left just a bit more discussion, a conclusion, nice pictures and graphs and tables and done, hit “Submit”! Easy peasy right? Now just make sure you’ve sent the correct file (we’ve heard really tragic stories…). We’re joking of course. Even though this can seem like a lot, it’s truly just a formula, a process we will help you crack. But before anything… we recommend not to start the day before, as tempting as it might be. Like, please. It’s crucial to prepare in advance. The best preparation you can do is build an initial outline, a full framework for your paper. At this point, any normal website would direct you straight to buying a paper outline for “Only $299!” Not us though. RikiGPT will write you THREE outlines for free in less than a minute, without even the need to register.  Then, open a Word document and create a beautiful cover page (include a picture of the educational institution, title, full name, and date). On the next page create a title “abstract” – for now leave it empty; you will write it up at the end of the process. The following page is your table of contents; also leave it blank for now, we will fill it up soon enough. Now create titles according to the topic and research question you’ve chosen. Write down how many titles/pages you want. That will be your number of chapters. For this part, you have 2 options: do it yourself exactly as you want it to be, or if you are not sure, just use Riki! Fill out the essay creator form and Riki will create 3 different outlines for you to choose from.  For example: Topic: The impact of sports on motivation among elementary school students. Research question: Do higher levels of sports activity increase motivation in studies among students in grades 3 to 4? Introduction: 2 pages (write at the end) Literature review: 7 pages Research methodology: 2 pages Research method – empirical research Research population – students in grades 3 and 4 Sample – 20 students from A.D. Gordon School Variables: Dependent variable – level of motivation in studies. Independent variable – high sports habits Demographic data from the sample: How many girls? How many boys? Ages, averages, and add standard ranges (always looks good). Our research hypothesis: High sports habits will enhance the level of motivation in studies. Presentation of the questionnaires distributed and examination of the assertions’ validity: Motivation questionnaire and sports habits questionnaire. The next chapter will present the findings. It will be 3 to 4 pages, but for now it will be empty until we get the statistical data from the SPSS software (which you love, as you recall). Now we write another four chapters that will remain empty for now: Discussion and conclusions: 3-4 pages Summary: 1-2 pages Bibliography Appendices: In this chapter, you’ll place the data output, questionnaires, and other appendices that you think are important for the paper. There you have it – you’ve passed the first and crucial step – you have a full structured framework, yay! Now all that’s left is to start writing. Now is the real money time… this is how you write an essay from A to Z using Riki (actually, you’re not gonna do much work).