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
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