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Introduction: What is MeSH®?
MeSH® is:
• an acronym for Medical Subject Headings.
• the U.S. National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary (thesaurus).
• a vocabulary that gives uniformity and consistency to the indexing and cataloging of biomedical literature.
• a distinctive feature of MEDLINE.
• arranged in a hierarchical manner called the MeSH® Tree Structures updated annually.

Who uses MeSH®?
• Searchers of MEDLINE/PubMed, library catalogs, and other databases use MeSH® to assist with subject searching.
• National Library of Medicine (NLM) indexers use MeSH® to describe the subject content of journal articles for MEDLINE.
Catalogers use MeSH® to describe books and audiovisuals in the NLM and other medical library collections (see the Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in Cataloging online training course).

Learn More:

About MeSH®

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/mesh.html

Branching Out: The MeSH® Vocabulary (Instructional Video)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/video/

Find MeSH® Terms

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html

Introduction to MeSH®

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/introduction.html

Searching with the Drugs or Chemicals with PubMed

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/disted/drugs/intro.html

Searching PubMed with MeSH®

http://nnlm.gov/training/resources/meshtri.pdf

Combining MeSH® Terms Using the MeSH® Database

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/mesh/combining/mesh2.html

Applying Subheadings and Other Features of the MeSH® Database

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/mesh/subheadings/mesh3.html

Saving Searches: How to save a PubMed search, to run later or to have results sent to your e-mail account.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/myncbi/saving_searches.html

E-mail Alerts for Articles from Your Favorite Journals
How to create e-mail alerts for new articles from a set of journals.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/myncbi/jourup.html