MeSH Database

If you want to review the Introduction to MeSH Vocabulary before starting this topic, click here.

The MeSH Database allows you to:

• Locate and select MeSH terms, (Headings, Subheadings, & Publication Types); Supplementary Concept terms (Substance Names) and Pharmacological Action terms.
  
  
• See the definition and other helpful information for a MeSH term.
  
  
• Build a PubMed search strategy.
  
  
• Display MeSH terms in the hierarchy.
  
  
• Limit MeSH terms to a major concept for a search.
  
  
• Attach subheadings for a search.
  
  
• Link to the NLM MeSH Section's MeSH Browser.