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  2. Scientific writing - Wikipedia

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    Style conventions for scientific writing vary, with different focuses by different style guides on the use of passive versus active voice, personal pronoun use, and article sectioning. Much scientific writing is focused on scientific reports, traditionally structured as an abstract, introduction, methods, results, conclusions, and acknowledgments.

  3. Abstract (summary) - Wikipedia

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    An abstract is a brief summary of a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding, or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose. [1]

  4. Glossary of library and information science - Wikipedia

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    Abstract Is a brief set of statements that summarize, classifies, evaluates, or describes the important points of a text, particularly a journal article. An abstract is typically found on the first page of a scholarly article. Because an abstract summarizes an article, it is very useful for either browsing or keyword searching. Annotation

  5. IMRAD - Wikipedia

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    In scientific writing, IMRAD or IMRaD (/ ˈ ɪ m r æ d /) (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion) [1] is a common organizational structure for the format of a document. IMRaD is the most prominent norm for the structure of a scientific journal article of the original research type.

  6. Collection of articles - Wikipedia

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    A thesis as a collection of articles [1] or series of papers, [2] also known as thesis by published works, [1] or article thesis, [3] is a doctoral dissertation that, as opposed to a coherent monograph, is a collection of research papers with an introductory section consisting of summary chapters.

  7. List of style guide abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    American English: www.chicagomanualofstyle.org: CMOS [1] CMS [7] CSE [8] Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers: Council of Science Editors: Science, especially life sciences: American English: GMAU [9] Garner's Modern American Usage: Oxford University Press: Grammar and usage: American English: GPO

  8. Library and Information Science Abstracts - Wikipedia

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    The Library and Information Science Abstracts (LISA) is an international abstracting and indexing tool designed for library professionals and other information specialists. LISA covers the literature in Library and information science (LIS) since 1969 and currently abstracts 440+ periodicals from 68+ countries and in 20+ languages.

  9. Fast abstract - Wikipedia

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    A fast abstract, also extended abstract, is a short, lightly reviewed technical article that is usually presented with a short talk at a scientific conference.The length of the document is usually limited to 2 pages (including all text, figures, references and appendices), although some conferences may allow slightly longer articles. [1]