Are structured abstracts more or less accurate than traditional ones? A study in the psychological literature

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 273-277

  Hartley, James ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; PUBLISHING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNICAL WRITING;

PSYCHOLOGY JOURNALS; STRUCTURED ABSTRACTS; TRADITIONAL ABSTRACTS;

ABSTRACTING;

EID: 0033713016     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555150002600408     Document Type: Article

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