?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Is+It+Appropriate+To+Use+Structured+Abstracts+in+Social+Science+Journals%3F&rft.creator=Hartley%2C+James&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=BACKGROUND.+Structured+abstracts+(which+use+sub-headings+like+this+one)+have+now+become+widespread+in+medical+research+journals.++AIM.+The+aim+of+this+paper+is+to+consider+whether+or+not+such+structured+abstracts+can+be+used+effectively+in+social+science+journals.++METHOD.+The+paper+reviews+a+selection+of+studies+as+carried+out+by+the+author+and+his+colleagues+to+see+if+structured+abstracts+written+for+social+science+journals+are+more+informative%2C+easier+to+read%2C+and+easier+to+search+than+are+their+traditional+equivalents.++RESULTS.+The+results+suggest+that+structured+abstracts+do%2C+indeed%2C+have+these+virtues%2C+and+that+they+are+thus+appropriate+for+social+science+journals.++CONCLUSION.+The+author+therefore+recommends+that+the+editors+of+social+science+journals+consider+adopting+structured+abstracts.&rft.date=1997-10&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F589%2F1%2F199801003.html&rft.identifier=++Hartley%2C+James++(1997)+Is+It+Appropriate+To+Use+Structured+Abstracts+in+Social+Science+Journals%3F++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F589%2F