Download 2009 MeSH/MARC files

The data are in extended 8-bit US MARC ASCII. Thefile can only be transferred via FTP into a savefile. A file extension of .bin has been used toprompt the local receiving computer to automatically open a fileto save the data.

For users of Internet Explorer, if you want to save a file toyour local hard drive rather than open it, you must right-clickthe link and then select Save Target As....

The full file is estimated to take 5 minutes to download on aT3 communications line (at 45 Mbps) and longer on slowerlines.

Files available to download:

• Annual files
  
  • Update-only file contains new and modified terms with 3,864 descriptor records, 28 qualifier records, and 11,143 descriptor/qualifier combinations, for a total of 15,035 records. Download update-only file [6MB]
    • Label file provides size and other statistics for the updatefile. [72B]
      
      
  • Full file contains all terms with 25,186 descriptor records,83 qualifier records, and 564,547 descriptor/qualifier combinations, for a total of 589,816 records. Download full file [145MB]
    • Label file provides size and other statistics for the full file. [74B]
• Monthly files
  
  • December 2008
    • Update-only file contains 28 descriptor records for a totalof 28 records. Download December update-only file [20KB]
      • label file [68B]
    • Full file contains 25,186 descriptor records, 83 qualifier records, and 564,547 descriptor/qualifier combinations for a total of 589,816 records. Download December full file [145MB]
      
      • label file [73B]
  • January 2009
    • Update-only file contains 1 combination record for a total of 1 record. Download January update-only file [214B]
      • label file [73B]
    • Full file contains 25,186 descriptor records, 83 qualifier records, and 564,548 descriptor/qualifier combinations for a total of 589,817 records. Download January full file [145MB]
      
      • label file [79B]
  • February 2009
    • No update-only file because no changes.
    • Full file contains 25,186 descriptor records, 83 qualifier records, and 564,548 descriptor/qualifier combinations for a total of 589,817 records. Download February full file [145MB]
      
      • label file [79B]
  • March 2009
    • Update-only file contains 1 combination record for a total of 1 record. Download March update-only file [214B]
      • label file [73B]
    • Full file contains 25,186 descriptor records, 83 qualifier records, and 564,547 descriptor/qualifier combinations for a total of 589,816 records. Download March full file [145MB]
      
      • label file [79B]
  • April 2009
    • No update-only file because no changes.
    • Full file contains 25,186 descriptor records, 83 qualifier records, and 564,547 descriptor/qualifier combinations for a total of 589,816 records. Download April full file [145MB]
      
      • label file [79B]
  • May 2009
    • Update-only file contains 2 descriptor records for a total of 2 records. Download May update-only file [214B]
      • label file [73B]
    • Full file contains 25,186 descriptor records, 83 qualifier records, and 564,547 descriptor/qualifier combinations for a total of 589,816 records. Download May full file [145MB]
      
      • label file [79B]
  • June 2009
    • No update-only file because no changes.
    • Full file contains 25,186 descriptor records, 83 qualifier records, and 564,547 descriptor/qualifier combinations for a total of 589,816 records. Download June full file [145MB]
      
      • label file [79B]
  • July 2009
    • Update-only file contains 1 Descriptor record and 21 descriptor/qualifier combinations for a total of 22 records. Download July update-only file [6.3KB]
      • label file [73B]
    • Full file contains 25,186 descriptor records, 83 qualifier records, and 564,526 descriptor/qualifier combinations for a total of 589,795 records. Download July full file [145MB]
      
      • label file [79B]

If you have questions concerning the content of MeSH/MARC files or FTP of MeSH/MARC data, please contact:

Jacque-Lynne Schulman

Telephone: 301-496-1495; FAX: 301-402-2002

email: schulman@nlm.nih.gov