Cataloging: Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in Cataloging
Module 6—Publication Types
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Introduction
Module 1
Subject Analysis Principles
Module 2
Introduction to MeSH 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
Publication Types
- It may be appropriate to repeat a MeSH term, used once with and once without a publication type
- For a work on liver diseases, where half of the text provides substantive information in addition to describing illustrations, and half consists of pictorial works, use Liver Diseases once qualified with the publication type Atlases, and repeat the term unqualified
650 12 Liver Diseases
650 22 Liver Diseases $9n
655 2 Atlases
- For a work on liver diseases, where half of the text provides substantive information in addition to describing illustrations, and half consists of pictorial works, use Liver Diseases once qualified with the publication type Atlases, and repeat the term unqualified
