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EDCI 63800 - Spring 2022 Doctoral Seminar

This guide provides resources for completing assignments for EDCI 63800

Tips on Writing Abstracts

Purdue OWL provides a brief overview with guidance on writing Abstracts as a distinct genre of Graduate Student writing.

If you're interested in going more in-depth in understanding and creating abstracts, see the following e-book:

Abstracts and Abstracting by Tibor Koltay
ISBN: 1780630328

Publication Date: 2010-03-15

Despite their changing role, abstracts remain useful in the digital world. Highly beneficial to information professionals and researchers who work and publish in different fields, this book summarizes the most important and up-to-date theory of abstracting, as well as giving advice and examples for the practice of writing different kinds of abstracts. The book discusses the length, the functions and basic structure of abstracts, outlining a new approach to informative and indicative abstracts.

Last Edited: Mar 17, 2025 9:03 AM
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Subjects: Education