Technical Notes - e1 PubMed: Truncation, Automatic Explosion, Mapping, and MeSH Headings - e2 MLA 1998 [corrected 1998/07/14] - e3 BIOETHICSLINE Regenerated - e4 |
BIOETHICSLINE RegeneratedThe BIOETHICS file was regenerated in mid-April 1998, at the same time that the 9804 (EM) BIOETHICS Update went online. This year's regeneration introduces:
Note that, unlike the pattern with MeSH indexing, most new Keyword Descriptors introduced into the Bioethics Thesaurus have previously been used as Keyword Proposed Descriptors (KW or KWP). They will, therefore, retrieve records indexed in earlier years if searched with the qualifier (KW).
1998 Keyword Annotations Available on the Web Visitors to this Web site may also be interested in viewing some of the NRCBL's annotated bibliographies that are currently posted on such topics as eugenics, genetic testing and screening, cloning, and assisted suicide. The 1998 Keywords are a supplement to the Bioethics Thesaurus, 1997 edition. You may with to annotate the 1997 edition with the new terms to create a consolidated list.
Bioethics Thesaurus, 1997 Edition This 88-page publication includes cross references to broader, narrower, and related terms for most of the 650+ Keyword Descriptors used in indexing BIOETHICSLINE through 1997. It also includes a "Selected List of 'Major Issue' Keywords," a list of 15 Subject Captions (such as AN for analytical and EM for empirical) that can be useful in limiting searches, a Permuted Keyword Index, and the 1997 annotated list of 29 Publication Types.
Print Order Information for the 1998 Annotated Keywords and Publication Types and 1997 Bioethics Thesaurus
The price for delivery of the 1997 Bioethics Thesaurus via first-class mail in North America is $20 per copy; elsewhere, the airmail price is $25. Orders must be prepaid. Checks should be made payable to the Kennedy Institute of Ethics; charges to MasterCard or VISA are also accepted.
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