Comments | dreams_of_wings: dissertation abstracts?

dreams_of_wings

dissertation abstracts?

Mar 08, 2011 13:05

Hey, all you smart people on my friends list who have PhD's -- could you send me copies of your dissertation abstracts? I need some templates to look at, and it's more fun to ask for yours than to on the University's Library website. :)

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Comments 5

veek March 8 2011, 19:57:17 UTC

Holy... what?? I don't seem to HAVE an abstract in/with my dissertation. How in the hell did that happen?

I have a 2pg introduction, which might've served as an abstract, but... but. WTF?

fyfer March 8 2011, 20:40:26 UTC

Hmm, I doubt mine would be a helpful comparison but here it is. (Ugh, this is really not wonderful, but at least the format is clear: "Background. Observation A. Observation B. Barely-related observation C. Conclusion ( ... )

Phud abstract happyfunpaul March 9 2011, 03:48:41 UTC

(Heh. I actually found mine, from 1998! I'm not proud. Now, I don't know how useful a science-y abstract will be to you, but here it is...)EXAMPLES IN DECISION ARGUMENTATION ( ... )

bike4fish March 9 2011, 06:18:00 UTC

I sent you the whole dissertation not long ago. As the dissertation isn't on this computer, that may have to do.

queenofhalves March 10 2011, 21:53:11 UTC

http://inhumandecency.org/christine/diss-abs.html

i waste a lot of words on titles, but i thought that's what people who might want to read my diss would be most likely to search for.