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
Special Instructions
- Biography
- Use for individual and collective biographies. For autobiographies, use the publication type Personal Narratives
- For a work that gives both biographical information and the history of the person’s field, use the specialty heading once without a topical subheading and append the publication type Biography. Repeat the specialty heading with the qualifier $x history and do not append the publication type
650 12 $a Surgery
650 22 $a Surgery $x history $9n
655 2 $a Biography
