RESOUR> Dealing With the Abstract
- From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:01:53 -0600
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From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 01:31:40 -0500 (EST)
Scholars and students have relied on databases to find information since
around 1970 and before that in print publications of abstracted journal
literature, dissertations and other resources as guides to learning the
resources that are available for researching a specific topic. Both free
text search strategies and reading of resulting citation content summaries
will only be of the greatest value if the abstracting in these indexing
publications and databases is accurate. The cited literature below
discusses this issue.
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Are structured abstracts more or less accurate than traditional ones? A
study in the psychological literature.
Author: Hartley, James
Source: Journal of Information Science
v. 26 no. 4 2000 p. 273-7
Accuracy of indexing coverage information as reported by serials sources.
Author: Eldredge, Jonathan, 1954-
Source: Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
v. 81 October 1993 p. 364-70
Thoroughness of book review indexing: a first appraisal.
Author: Spencer, Michael D. G.
Source: RQ v. 26 Winter 1986 p. 188-99
Effects of technical editing in biomedical journals: A systematic review.
Author: Wager, Elizabeth ; Middleton, Philippa
Source: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
v. 287 no. 21 2002 p. 2821-2824. Publication: June 5, 2002.
Accuracy of data in abstracts of published research articles.
Author: Pitkin, Roy M. ; Branagan, Mary Ann; Burmeister, Leon F.
Source: JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
v. 281 no. 12 1999 p. 1110-1111. Publication: March 24-31, 1999.
Business periodical index, three aspects :
depth on indexing, citation accuracy, and completeness of coverage of the
indexed journals,
Author: Michael, Ann B.
Publication: 1972
Document: English : Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript
Scalable Distributed Architectures for Information Retrieval.
Author: Lu, Zhihong.
Publication: [United States] : Massachusetts univ amherst dept of computer
science, 1999
Document: English : Book : Thesis/dissertation/manuscript
The need for concrete improvement in abstract quality
Author: Winker, Margaret A
Source: JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
v. 281 no. 12 March 24/March 31, 1999 p. 1129-1130
Can the accuracy of abstracts be improved by providing specific
instructions? A randomized controlled trial
Author: Pitkin, Roy M; Branagan, Mary Ann
Source: JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
v. 280 no. 3 July 15, 1998 p. 267-269
Harris AH, Standard S, Brunning JL, Casey SL, Goldberg JH, Oliver L,
Ito K, Marshall JM. The accuracy of abstracts in psychology journals.
Journal of Psychology 2002 March v. 136 no. 2 p. 141-8
The Accuracy of Abstracts in Selected Journals of the American
Psychological Association
<http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:
_37jAuXbJ_8C:www.stanford.edu/~alexsox/aoa.pdf+
%22article+abstracts%22+and+accuracy&hl=en&ie=UTF-8>
.pdf version of the above
<http://www.stanford.edu/~alexsox/aoa.pdf>
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This is an interesting how to write an abstract web page for those wanting
to impart the basics of this skill to students.
Preparation of Journal Article Abstracts
<http://faculty.blackrivertech.org/pstillwell/
preparation_of_journal_article_a.htm>
I hope those interested in or concerned about one or another aspect of the
reliability of databases as well as print abstracting resources will find
these materials listed above to be of value.
Sincerely,
David Dillard Research Librarian
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ECP RingLeader
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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