Abstracts and Abstracting: A Genre and Set of Skills for the Twenty-First Century - Couverture souple

Koltay, Tibor

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184334517X ISBN 13 : 9781843345176

Editeur : Chandos Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

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. The abstractors' personality, their linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge and skills are also discussed with special attention.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tibor Koltay, PhD, is Professor at the Department of Information and Library Studies of Szent István University, Hungary. In 2010, he published Abstracts and Abstracting. A Genre and Set of Skills for the Twenty-first Century with Chandos Publishing.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Chandos Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184334517X
• ISBN 13: 9781843345176
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible