Cataloging: Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in Cataloging
Module 3—Selecting the Main Concept
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Introduction
Module 1
Subject Analysis Principles
Module 2
Introduction to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and the MeSH Browser
Module 3
Selecting the Main Concept
Module 4
Use of Topical Subheadings in MeSH
Module 5
Geographic Headings
Module 6
Publication Types
Module 7
Names as Subjects
Module 8
Deconstructed Headings vs. Subject Strings
Finding Appropriate Main Headings
- You have an item titled: "Skeletal Diseases"
- Searching Skeletal Diseases in the browser gives you no retrieval
- Here are two possible options to find the correct descriptor
Option 1
- Think of a word with a similar root to skeletal, such as skeleton and try searching that in the MeSH Browser
Search Results
Annotation in this record, leads you to search further using the word Bone
Now search Bone Diseases and you retrieve the correct record
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