MEDLINE and MeSH

4/26/2001


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MEDLINE and MeSH

Medical Subject Headings

Purpose of MeSH

Why Vocabulary Control

Parts of MeSH

Entry Vocabulary

Entry Terms in MeSH

Dissemination of MeSH

Concept-Based MeSH

Hierarchies in MeSH

The Purpose of Hierarchies

Polyhierarchical Approach

Producing MEDLINE

The MEDLINE Record

Capturing the Elements

Descriptive Indexing

Assigning Topical Descriptors

Using Qualifiers

Coordination

Publication Types

Check Tags

Chemicals

Pharmacologic Actions

Vocabulary Maintenance

The Update Problem

Changes in MeSH

Changes in MEDLINE

Searching PubMed

Author: Stuart J. Nelson