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Abstracts and Summaries

An abstract is a brief explanation that generally goes at the beginning of a paper, book, or article, that explains the objective, research process, results, and conclusions of a project. A summary is a brief explanation of someone else's thoughts, writing, or other medium.

Summaries
Sample of A News Article Summary
Guide to Summary Writing
Evaluation of Summary
 
Abstracts
Guidelines for Abstracts and Critiques in Social Work and Related Disciplines
     Links:
      Abstracts (The Writing Center at Rensselaer)
      Writing up Research: The Abstract (Asian Institute of Technology)

Updated April 28, 2002
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