Аннотация: зачем она нужна и как ее писать

Anna S

17 апреля 2018 г

Аннотация (Abstract)

Аннотация – это вытяжка из всех частей вашей готовой работы. Часто ограниченная в объеме в 100-300 слов. Должна быть независимой единицей (не ожидать, что читатель прочитал текст). Используется для поиска исследований (ключевые слова). Часто это единственная часть работы, которую читают, - значит, напишите, в чем основной смысл работы и почему она хороша. Аннотация должна эффективно показывать, почему работа важна и интересна.

2 типа аннотаций

Описательные:

Информативные:

Пример: аннотация из мира театра

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Критерии хорошо написанной аннотации:

Проблемы с аннотацией:

  1. Организация текста: избегайте длинных предложений. Не используйте двусмысленных и ненужных фраз, не меняющих смысла (“Также можно отметить, что…”)

  2. Словарь: несуществующие или неверно использованные слова (на английском)
    • Informatics -> IT
    • Utilize = use (короче – лучше)
    • Scientific -> убрать вообще
    • Fewer = less
    • More = higher
    • Fewer = lower
    • Transpire in = lead (короче – лучше)
  3. Академические конвенции (правила):
    • Аббревиатуры – не используйте
    • Сокращения – не используйте “etc.”, “among others”, “i.e.”

Упражнение. Исправить аннотацию соседа к диплому / сайт EUI (1)

http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/50126

Title: Two adoptions of the Red Cross : the Chinese Red Cross and the Red Swastika Society from 1904 to 1949

Abstract: Looking at the social and political transformation of China during the entire Republican era, my thesis explores the twofold adoption of the Red Cross in the country. My examination reveals that the model served reform-oriented philanthropists of the Chinese Red Cross Society to establish relief structures to improve the country’s welfare system through the implementation of Western approaches. In addition, the Red Cross was of use for supporters of China’s religiously-based philanthropy who reformed the faith-based mission of the Red Swastika Society to gain legitimization and to advance emergency measures. Adding to current research on the development of humanitarianism a so far marginally explored local case study, my thesis suggests that the Red Cross in China not only served reform-oriented philanthropists, but also served supporters of China’s traditional philanthropy.

В самой работе:

Abstract: Looking at the social and political transformation of China during the entire Republican era, my thesis explores the twofold adoption of the Red Cross in the country. My examination reveals that the model served reform-oriented philanthropists of the Chinese Red Cross Society to establish relief structures to improve the country’s welfare system through the implementation of Western approaches. In addition, the Red Cross was of use for supporters of China’s religiously-based philanthropy who reformed the faith-based mission of the Red Swastika Society to gain legitimization and to advance emergency measures. Adding to current research on the development of humanitarianism a so far marginally explored local case study, my thesis suggests that the Red Cross in China not only served reform-oriented philanthropists, but also served supporters of China’s traditional philanthropy.

http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/50126/Pfeiff_2018_HEC.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Упражнение. Исправить аннотацию соседа к диплому / сайт EUI (2)

http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/49125

Title: Is it all in your head? : personality in the context of intergenerational reproduction of inequality

Abstract: This thesis brings together psychological and sociological research approaches to examine the role of personality in the reproduction of educational and labour market inequality. The first research question examines the influence of personality on educational and labour market outcomes. The second research question relates to the extent to which differences in personalities of children and parents can explain the reproduction of educational inequality. The third research question inquires to what extent supportive parenting influences the development of favourable or unfavourable personality traits. The thesis employs an empirical approach and uses quantitative methods. The German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and its sub-sample from the Youth Questionnaire are used to conduct the analyses. To capture personality, the Big Five and Locus of Control are applied. The educational outcomes investigated are maths grades and school placement for 17-year-old, as well as years of education and income for adults. The study uses data on education, socio-economic background, and personality measures spanning two generations: the parents and the children. With respect to the first research question, results indicate positive effects of Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness and Locus of Control, and a negative effect of Neuroticism on school placement. Effects of personality on grades were found to a lesser degree. In auto-regressive cross-lagged models, personality and income have reciprocal effects over a time span of 10 years, where different personality traits show different patterns over time. Regarding the second research question, results indicate that personality does not explain the effect of parental education on children’s school outcomes, however it is found post-hoc, that parents’ personality traits mediate the effect of socio-economic status measured with the Erikson-Goldthorpe class scheme. Results for the third research question suggest, that children who report a high degree of supportive parenting show a stronger development of beneficial personality traits.

Subject: Social inequality; Education; Labour market; Personality; Socialisation LC Subject Heading: Equality – Psychological aspects; Equality – Social aspects; Education – Social aspects; Education – Psychological aspects; Personality – Social aspects

В самой работе:

This thesis brings together psychological and sociological research approaches to examine the role of personality in the reproduction of educational and labour market inequality. The first research question examines the influence of personality on educational and labour market outcomes. The second research question relates to the extent to which dierences in personalities of children and parents can explain the reproduction of educational inequality. The third research question inquires to what extent supportive parenting influences the development of favourable or unfavourable personality traits. The thesis employs an empirical approach and uses quantitative methods. The German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and its sub-sample from the Youth Questionnaire are used to conduct the analyses. To capture personality, the Big Five and Locus of Control are applied. The educational outcomes investigated are maths grades and school placement for 17-year-old, as well as years of education and income for adults. The study uses data on education, socio-economic background, and personality measures spanning two generations: the parents and the children. With respect to the first research question, results indicate positive eects of Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness and Locus of Control, and a negative eect of Neuroticism on school placement. Effects of personality on grades were found to a lesser degree. In auto-regressive cross-lagged models, personality and income have reciprocal eects over a time span of 10 years, where dierent personality traits show dierent patterns over time. Regarding the second research question, results indicate that personality does not explain the eect of parental education on children’s school outcomes, however it is found post-hoc, that parents’ personality traits mediate the eect of socio-economic status measured with the Erikson-Goldthorpe class scheme. Results for the third research question suggest, that children who report a high degree of supportive parenting show a stronger development of beneficial personality traits. Keywords: social inequality, education, labour market, personality, socialisation, structural equation

http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/49125/Schuhrer_2017.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Упражнение. Исправить аннотацию соседа к диплому / сайт EUI (3)

http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/51824

Title: ‘Don’t worry, we are from the internet’ : the diffusion of protest against the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement in the age of austerity

Abstract: This thesis focuses precisely on the anti-ACTA mobilization and the way it fits within the broader wave of contention. While the anti-ACTA campaign did not include occupation of squares (but only the more traditional protest marches), it shared many important features with other protests in the wave of contention, including the adoption of the Anonymous mask and the national flag as crucial symbols (Gerbaudo, 2017), the demand for more democratic decision-making, and most importantly – the belief in the Internet as a tool for empowerment that could contribute to a more horizontal democratic society (Beyer, 2014; Jarvis, 2014; Juris, 2012; McCarthy, 2015). The big difference is that for anti-ACTA protesters, the Internet was more than a tool - it became a cause in itself. People protested to defend Internet freedom, interpreted in a wide variety of ways by different actors, but most often as the freedom of sharing culture (and files) online, the freedom of not being 2 under surveillance, and the freedom of expressing oneself as a key prerequisite for the functioning of any democratic community.

http://cadmus.eui.eu/bitstream/handle/1814/51824/Rone_2018_SPS.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Упражнение. Исправить аннотацию соседа к диплому / сайт EUI (4)

http://cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/50124

Title: Ideas of martyrdom in early Stuart public debates, 1603 – 1649

Abstract: The first Protestant martyrology was printed at London during the spring of 1563. This vernacular work by the humanist John Foxe, entitled Acts and Monuments, was the largest account of martyrs produced by the Reformation movement, being dedicated to the memory of hundreds of recently executed contemporaries. It was also an innovative ecclesiastical history, aiming to supersede many traditional frames of reference, notably by situating martyrs and other theological concepts within the context of Reformation history and doctrine. Even after the number of martyrs executed at the scaffold had diminished, educated elites, theologians, divines, and the common people still grew up surrounded by Foxe’s stories. While historians have rightly situated Acts and Monuments within the urgent debates of the martyrologist’s own time, relatively few scholars have explored the subsequent development of ideas of martyrdom in the context of the longer reformation. This doctoral thesis studies Foxe as a reformer and writer whose intellectual impact went beyond the sixteenth century. In this regard, it is important to acknowledge that his works left many traces on post-Reformation literary culture, and that the Foxeian martyrs continued to exercise a strong hold over the popular imagination during the Stuart period. This study is essentially an attempt to establish exactly how martyrs figured in historical understanding, and in what ways their example and authority determined patterns of reasoning. Focusing on a variety of literary sources written during the most famous disputes of the seventeenth century, I seek to demonstrate the crucial position that recently executed martyrs occupied within the language of historical argument. My aim is also to show that Foxe’s work provided a structure for much thinking during the early modern period, and that the examples of reformed martyrs were important in shaping public opinion throughout the Stuart dynasty. In short, this is a study of martyrs, their admirers, and the uses to which their stories were put in print. On a broader level, it is a study of ideas of martyrdom in the aftermath of the sixteenth-century British Reformations.

LC Subject Heading: Great Britain – History – Early Stuarts, 1603-1649; Great Britain – Church history – 17th century

В самой работе:

ABSTRACT The first Protestant martyrology was printed at London during the spring of 1563. This vernacular work by the humanist John Foxe, entitled Acts and Monuments, was the largest account of martyrs produced by the Reformation movement, being dedicated to the memory of hundreds of recently executed contemporaries. It was also an innovative ecclesiastical history, aiming to supersede many traditional frames of reference, notably by situating martyrs and other theological concepts within the context of Reformation history and doctrine. Even after the number of martyrs executed at the scaffold had diminished, educated elites, theologians, divines, and the common people still grew up surrounded by Foxe’s stories. While historians have rightly situated Acts and Monuments within the urgent debates of the martyrologist’s own time, relatively few scholars have explored the subsequent development of ideas of martyrdom in the context of the longer reformation. This doctoral thesis studies Foxe as a reformer and writer whose intellectual impact went beyond the sixteenth century. In this regard, it is important to acknowledge that his works left many traces on post-Reformation literary culture, and that the Foxeian martyrs continued to exercise a strong hold over the popular imagination during the Stuart period. This study is essentially an attempt to establish exactly how martyrs figured in historical understanding, and in what ways their example and authority determined patterns of reasoning. Focusing on a variety of literary sources written during the most famous disputes of the seventeenth century, I seek to demonstrate the crucial position that recently executed martyrs occupied within the language of historical argument. My aim is also to show that Foxe’s work provided a structure for much thinking during the early modern period, and that the examples of reformed martyrs were important in shaping public opinion throughout the Stuart dynasty. In short, this is a study of martyrs, their admirers, and the uses to which their stories were put in print. On a broader level, it is a study of ideas of martyrdom in the aftermath of the sixteenth-century British Reformations.

Советы от издателей / когда вы подаете статью в журнал:

“Pre-submission: helping readers find your article” (SAGE)

“Before you submit your manuscript, go back and review your title, keywords and abstract. These elements are key to ensuring that readers will be able to find your article online through online search engines such as Google. More information and guidance on how best to title your article, write your abstract and select your keywords can be found here: How to Help Readers Find Your Article Online.”

“One simple thing you can do to improve your article’s visibility and ensure proper indexing and cross-linking is to provide full names for all authors. Please refer to our guidelines for author names, prepared in consultation with Google Scholar, for more information.”

– Создайте профили в GoogleScholar, ORCID – полное имя важно

Оптимизация:

Пример 1

This article could not be found in Google Scholar after searching on a variety of phrases around the subject of the article, the representation of youth anti-war protests. The words highlighted below are the only terms repeated and these are unlikely to help someone researching this subject find this article via Google.

Peace Children

John Author Researcher, London, UK

Debate over the role that young people should play in politics reflects different conceptions of childhood and adult concerns about loss of authority and political hegemony. Coverage of demonstrations against the Second Iraq War by the British national press echoes adult discourse on the nature of childhood and exposes the limits set on political activity. Analysis of news-text and images reveals concerns about the political competence of youth, their susceptibility to manipulation and the requirement for social control. Approval of youth’s right to protest was often conditional on the cause espoused.

Key Words: childhood • Second Iraq War

Key points to note:

Пример 2

This article comes out top in Google Scholar on a search of ‘depression folic acid’. These are words that researchers are likely to search on. These search terms are highlighted below so you can see the patterns of repeated phrases that Google looks at.

Treatment of depression: time to consider folic acid and vitamin B12

Alec Coppen MRC Neuropsychiatric Research Laboratory, Epsom, Surrey, UK, Christina Bolander-Gouaille Pharmacist, Helsingborg, Sweden

We review the findings in major depression: of a low plasma and particularly red cell folate, but also of low vitamin B12 status. Both low folate and low vitamin B12 status have been found in studies of depression: patients, and an association between depression: and low levels of the two vitamins is found in studies of the general population. Low plasma or serum folate has also been found in patients with recurrent mood disorders treated by lithium. A link between depression: and low folate has similalrly been found in patients with alcoholism. It is interesting to note that Hong Kong and Taiwan populations with traditional Chinese diets (rich in folate), including patients with major depression:, have high serum folate concentrations. However, these countries have very low life time rates of major depression:. Low folate levels are furthermore linked to a poor response to antidepressants, and treatment with folic acid is shown to improve response to antidepressants. A recent study also suggests that high vitamin B12 status may be associated with better treatment outcome. Folate and vitamin B12 are major determinants of one-carbon metabolism, in which S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is formed. SAM donates methyl groups that are crucial for neurological function. Increased plasma homocysteine is a functional marker of both folate and vitamin B12 deficiency. Increased homocysteine levels are found in depressive patients. In a large population study from Norway increased plasma homocysteine was associated with increased risk of depression: but not anxiety. There is now substantial evidence of a common decrease in serum/red blood cell folate, serum vitamin B12 and an increase in plasma homocysteine in depression:. Furthermore, the MTHFR C677T polymorphism that impairs the homocysteine metabolism is shown to be overrepresented among depressive patients, which strengthens the association. On the basis of current data, we suggest that oral doses of both folic acid (800 µg daily) and vitamin B12 (1 mg daily) should be tried to improve treatment outcome in depression. Key Words: cobalamin • depression: • diet • folate • folic acid • homocysteine • one carbon-metabolism • S-adenosylmethionine • vitamin B12

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Упражнение. Написать заготовку аннотации к своей будущей диссертации

Scroll for page 5 Link: https://www.umaryland.edu/media/umb/oaa/campus-life/writing-center/documents/Abstracts.pdf

Ресурсы этой презентации:

  1. Курс по академическому письму: https://online.stanford.edu/course/writing-sciences-self-paced-spring-2016
  2. Советы издателя: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/help-readers-find-your-article
  3. Для статьи с экспериментами/опросами: https://www.aacc.org/publications/clinical-chemistry/clinical-chemistry%C2%A0guide-to-scientific-writing
  4. Общие рекомендации: http://hsp.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/HOW%20TO%20WRITE%20AN%20ABSTRACT.pdf

    http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/abstract

    https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/abstracts/

    https://www.wikihow.com/Write-an-Abstract

    https://www.editage.com/insights/how-to-write-the-abstract-for-a-social-sciences-or-humanities-paper

    https://www.umaryland.edu/media/umb/oaa/campus-life/writing-center/documents/Abstracts.pdf

Разбор аннотации: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynUiPhi8qEc

Если вы хотите прочитать только одну ссылку: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2011/06/20/essential-guide-writing-good-abstracts/

Книга: Howard S. Becker “Writing for Social Scientists” (1986, 2007)

Вопросы

  1. Вы закончили писать текст диссертации. У вас уже есть аннотация (осталась от конференции или семинара на ранних этапах). Что-нибудь нужно делать?

  2. Какая из частей аннотации самая главная: 1) цель и актуальность, 2) проблема, 3) методы (главные), 4) результаты, 5) вывод?

Ответы

  1. Написать всё заново, даже не заглядывая. Не забыть переписать старую аннотацию, когда текст готов.

  2. Ваши результаты.

Принципы эффективного письма на английском:

Видео курса: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-wb-n89yM0lBiP2QltsDaA

Видео об аннотации: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkXoD7j2M_Q

  1. Убирайте нагромождения

  2. Используйте сильные, активные глаголы

  3. Пишите короткими абзацами, используйте разные знаки препинания

  4. Письмо как процесс

  5. Написание академической статьи: результаты -> методы -> введение -> обсуждение

  6. Рецензирование научной работы

  7. Академические жанры: обзоры, заявки, рекомендации, мотивационные эссе, пресс-релизы