The document provides an overview of various academic event types, including conferences, seminars, symposia, and workshops, highlighting their characteristics and differences. It also explains the concept of an abstract, describing its purpose, structure, and the importance of adhering to word limits. Additionally, it distinguishes between primary and secondary sources for information collection.

1. Abstract Writing
(Seminar / Workshop/ Conference /
Symposium)
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2. Conference
A conference is a meeting of people who
"confer" about a topic.
Conference types include: Academic
conference, in science and academic, a
formal event where researchers present
results, workshops, and other activities.
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3. Seminar
Seminar: Seminars are educational
events that feature one or more subject
matter experts delivering information
primarily via lecture and discussion.
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4. Symposium
Symposium: A Symposium is typically a more
formal or academic gathering, featuring
multiple experts delivering short presentations
on a particular topic. This closely relates to
Seminar.
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5. Workshop
Workshops tend to be smaller and more intense
than seminars.
This format often involves students or participants
practicing their new skills during the event under
the watchful eye of the instructor.
Hands-on Workshops typically involve
participants doing work on a particular issue
during the program.
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6. Difference
(Seminar / Workshop/ Conference / Symposium)
A workshop implies that the participants will
be learning actively, rather than simply
listening. A symposium is a gathering in a
field of study to hear experts expound on their
work. However, a seminar might have several
speakers or a panel of speakers and in that way
resemble a conference or symposium.
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7. Methods of information colleting
–Primary source
–Secondary source
• A primary source is an original source that
documents an event in time, a person or an
idea. Some examples of primary sources
are: raw data.
• Secondary source – second hand information
eg. Web source, journals, books, thesis etc.
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8. Abstract
• An abstract is a brief summary of a research
article, thesis, review, conference proceeding,
or any in-depth analysis of a particular subject
and is often used to help the reader quickly
learn the paper's purpose.
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9. Cont…..
• The abstract allows a researcher to quickly evaluate the
content of your paper, and judge whether it’s relevant to
their research.
• As a result, an abstract needs to convey a complete synopsis
of the paper, but within a tight word limit. This restriction is
where the difficulties lie.
• You will be given a maximum word count for an abstract,
such as 200 - 300 words, and it is essential that you remain
within this limit.
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10. Cont…..
• Writing an abstract includes
briefly introducing the general topic of the
work and then explaining the exact research
question, including the aims.
• It should then include a brief description of
the methodology, the results and
the discussion.
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11. Mr.C.Thatchinamoorthy
Ph.D.Research Scholar
Department of Agricultural Extension
Annamalai University
tmthatchupeaceful@gmail.com
Mr.C.Thatchinamoorthy