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Descriptors: Selecting the Main Concept(s): Review Questions

1. If no pre-coordinated term exists for the concepts in the work being cataloged, prefer to use a main heading with a subheading over two main headings.

True-Correct.
False-Incorrect.

Using the MeSH Browser identify a main heading or combination of main headings to describe each of these concepts:
2. What are the appropriate subject headings to use for a work entitled "Cortisone therapy in dermatology"?

650 12 $a Skin Diseases $x drug therapy and 650 12 $a Cortisone $x therapeutic use-Correct.
650 12 $a Dermatology and 650 12 $a Cortisone $x therapeutic use-Incorrect.
650 12 $a Dermatology $x drug therapy and 650 12 $a Cortisone $x therapeutic use-Incorrect.

3. What are the appropriate subject headings to use for a work entitled "Pathology of Arbovirus diseases"?

650 12 $a Arboviruses and 650 22 $a Pathology-Incorrect.
650 12 Arbovirus Infections $x pathology-Correct.
650 12 $a Arboviruses and 650 12 Arbovirus Infections $x pathology-Incorrect.

4. What are the correct subjects to assign to a work on fractures occurring in baseball, soccer, football, hockey?

650 12 Fractures Bone and 650 22 Sports $x injuries-Incorrect.
650 12 Fractures, Bone and 650 22 Athletic Injuries-Correct.
650 12 Baseball $x injuries and 650 12 Soccer $x injuries and Football $x injuries and 650 12 Hockey $x injuries and 650 22 Fractures, Bone-Incorrect.

5. What is the appropriate subject heading to use for a work dealing with: Sodium-free diet?

650 12 $a Diet Therapy-Incorrect.
650 12 $a Salt-Free Diet-Incorrect.
650 12 $a Diet, Sodium Restricted-Correct.
650 12 $a Diet, Hypertension-Incorrect.

6. What are the appropriate subject headings to use for a work dealing with: X-chromosome studies of female newborns?

650 12 $a Chromosomes, Human, X and 650 22 $a Infant, Newborn and 650 22 $a Female-Incorrect.
650 12 $a Chromosomes, Human, X and 650 22 $a Infant, Human, Female-Incorrect.
650 12 $a Chromosome Studies and 650 22 $a Infant, Newborn-Incorrect.
650 12 $a Chromosomes, Human, X and 650 22 $a Infant, Newborn-Correct.

7. All subject terms are recorded in the MARC 650 field

True-Incorrect.
False-Correct.

8. For a work entitled "Food and Beverages that Improve Your Health," the appropriate MeSH would be Food and Beverages

True-Incorrect.
False-Correct.