The Writer's Garden

Writing Abstracts and Summaries

The Abstract from the University of Toronto Writing Centre
Abstracts from the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Abstracts from the Writing Center at Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute
Developing Abstracts from Arizona State University (link opens to doc file)
How to Write an Abstract from the Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium
Writing Abstracts from LEO at St. Cloud State University
Writing an Informative Abstract from the American Sociological Association
Writing Report Abstracts from the Purdue OWL

Guide for Writing Critical Summaries prepared by Ronald de Sousa from the University of Toronto
Help Writing Summaries from Furman University's POWERWRITE
How to Write Summaries from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (scroll down and click on the Writing Summaries link)
Preparing Summaries from the University of Victoria's Writers Guide
Process for Writing a Summary from LEO at St. Cloud State
Standard Summaries from Colorado State University's Writing Center
Summaries: An Introduction from the University of Victoria's Writing Guide
Summary Writing from Drew University's Online Resources for Writers
Tips for Writing Abstracts from Library at Union Institute and University (link opens to pdf file)
Writing Effective Summaries from the University of Toronto
Writing Summaries from The Columbia University School of Social Work's Writing Center
Writing Summaries from UIUC's Writing Workshop
Writing Summaries from Worcester State College's OWL
Writing Summaries and Paraphrase from the Writer's Complex at Empire State College