To promote international research and publications on all levels of study, the Thammasat University Library offers a free English abstract editing service.
It is available for the entire TU community on all campuses, including TU students on the undergraduate and graduate school levels as well as ajarns and staff.
Just submit an online form with file attachment in Word document format. Since pdfs cannot be altered, it is important to submit Word documents, and not pdfs, for editing. If a Thai language version of the abstract already exists, please submit that too along with the English one. Please remember to send the English language abstract, and not just the Thai language abstract.
Abstracts are checked and edited for issues in English writing style, usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The file with suggested improvements will be returned by email within 3 working days. For more information, please call 02 613 3546 or write to tphim123@tu.ac.th
Further advice to promote English language scholarship and publications at TU
The TU Library Blog has also featured many entries with advice about how to write abstracts.
These include basic suggestions on how to write an abstract:
Guide to writing academic articles, part III
more advice on how to write abstracts:
and how to avoid common errors made when writing abstracts:
Those who prefer to read advice in Thai language may refer to another TU Libraries blog entry about abstracts, written in Thai:
แนวทางการเขียนบทคัดย่อภาษาอังกฤษ
The TU Libraries blog has also featured a multi-part guide to writing academic articles:
Guide to Writing Academic Articles: part I
Guide to Writing Academic Articles: Part II
Guide to writing academic articles, part III
Guide to writing academic articles, part IV
and so on. More of these articles may be found by clicking on the tags at the end of this blog entry. Good luck researching!
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