NLM Classification Fundamentals

You have identified "Herbal Medicine" as the correct MeSH term that describes a work you want to classify. What should you do next?

a) Google "Herbal Medicine" and see how other libraries classify these works.

b) Search the NLM Classification Index for "Herbal Medicine."

c) Browse the NLM Classification Schedule until you find "Herbal Medicine."

d) Search Table G for "Herbal Medicine."

You should try to classify works with the broadest Classification number possible. True or false?

a) True

b) False

The NLM Classification Index uses MeSH terms to link to concepts in the Schedules. Using the MeSH Browser, what is the MeSH term for "baldness?"

a) Hair Loss

b) Pattern Baldness

c) Pseudopelade

d) Alopecia

At NLM, classification by subject takes precedence over classification by publication type. True or false?

a) True

b) False

a) (1) Organ/Region, (2) Disease, (3) Special form of therapy, diagnostic procedure, or environmental condition

b) (1) Special form of therapy, diagnostic procedure, or environmental condition, (2) Organ/Region, (3) Disease

c) (1) Disease, (2) Organ/Region, (3) Special form of therapy, diagnostic procedure, or environmental condition

d) (1) Organ/Region (2) Special form of therapy, diagnostic procedure, or environmental condition, (3) Disease

Finding the Appropriate Class Number