Wednesday, June 6, 2007

use the following procedure for abstracting the contents of articles (Gay, 1996)

1. Read the article's abstract or summary to see if it is a useful
2. Skim the entire article making a mental note of the main topics
3. Write the complete reference in APA style
4. Classify and code the article according to some system of your own devising. Put the code: on an index card, on the photocopied article (if you photocopied it), on the computer so you can sort the article abstracts in any way you wish to.
5. Summarize the reference by paraphrasing the essential points of the reference.
6. Add any thoughts that come to your mind about the article.
7. Indicate any statements that are direct quotations

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