Find and Cite Sources for Your Paper
For the paper due Friday. DuckyHelper searches for solid sources on your thesis, reads them in its own tabs, tells you what each one supports, and adds properly formatted citations to your Google Doc. The writing is still yours.
“Find 5 strong sources for my thesis on urban heat islands and add APA citations to my Google Doc.”
- 01Learn Google Docs' web API, first time onlyBuilt from Google Docs' own buttons, forms and requests. Kept on your device and reused next time.
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- 02Search for sources on your thesis
- 03Read each one and note what it supports
- 04Keep the five strongest
- 05Add MLA or APA citations to your doc
You getSources you can stand behind. Five solid sources, what each one says, and citations done right. You still write the paper.
A run, drawn from this page · early access on Mac
Nothing to send, so it runs straight through.
Nothing in this job sends a message or pays for anything, so it works through to the end and tells you when it's done. If a step ever would, it's built to stop and ask you first.
If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.
Before you ask it.
What do I say?
Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud, in your own words, like "Find 5 strong sources for my thesis on urban heat islands and add APA citations to my Google Doc."
Why is the second time faster?
The first time, it writes small JavaScript tools for Web search and Google Docs and builds an API from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. After that it calls them directly, so the job runs in one go instead of click by click. It costs less and breaks less.
Will it send anything without me?
It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers: you sign in yourself, and it picks up from there.
Why not just do it by hand?
Finding good sources and formatting citations takes as long as the writing, and it's where points get lost.
Can I use this today?
Doing jobs in your apps is in early access on Mac. Talking to DuckyHelper, and having it see your screen and draw on it, works today on Mac, Windows and Linux.
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