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Writing GuidesWriting Abstracts |
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Writing GuidesWriting Abstracts |
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Help readers decide if they should read an entire article Help readers and researchers remember key findings on a topic Help readers understand a text by acting as a pre-reading outline of key points Index articles for quick recovery and cross-referencing Allow supervisors to review technical work without bogging down in details Bibliographic Citation or Identification Processes for Writing Abstracts Key Issues in Preparing Abstracts |
Understanding a Text
Like other pre-reading strategies, reading an abstract before reading an article helps readers anticipate what’s coming in the text itself. Using an abstract to get an overview of the text makes reading the text easier and more efficient. Next: View Indexing Articles |
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