ABSTRACTS & ABSTRACTING

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84334-517-6
Verlag: Woodhead Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koltay, Tibor

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliotheks- und Auskunftssdienste
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Systematiken, Katalogisierung, Klassifikation, Bibliographisches Arbeiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Definitions; The characteristics of the abstract; What does an abstractor have to know? The practice of abstracting: structure, processes and language; The practice of abstracting: examples; Beyond language and style; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Koltay, Tibor
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.

Dr Tibor Koltay is Professor, Head of Department and Course Director for Library and Information Science curricula at the Department of Information and Library Studies, Szent István University, Faculty of Applied and Professional Arts, Jászberény. He also teaches at the Department of Library and Information Science, University of West Hungary, Szombathely, Hungary. He is an experienced abstractor who wrote over 200 abstracts and has been teaching abstracting since 1992.