Communication Skills (1+0)

11.1.4.Selecting documents for abstracts

* Relevant to customers

* New contributions to the subject

* Final reports (not interim ones)

* Foreign documents / hard to access material

* Reliable sources

* Specific journals

* The abstractor

Process

- Read the document

- understand content

- focus on results reported in document

- Make written notes

- Draft rough abstract

- Check draft for spelling, accuracy

- Write final abstract