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2008 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER No. 364
October 06, 2008 [posted]


MEDLINE®/PubMed® Year-End Processing Activities

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T he National Library of Medicine® (NLM®) is currently involved in MEDLINE year-end processing (YEP) activities. These include changing the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) and Supplementary Concept Substance Names on existing MEDLINE citations to conform with the 2009 version of MeSH, and other global changes.

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For details about the impact on searching from November 19 to mid-December, see: Annual MEDLINE®/PubMed® Year-End Processing (YEP): Impact on Searching During Fall 2008.

For background information on the general kinds of changes made annually, see: Annual MEDLINE®/PubMed® Year-End Processing (YEP): Background Information.

MEDLINE®/PubMed® Year-End Processing Activities. NLM Tech Bull. 2008 Sep-Oct;(364):e7.

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