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MeSH® Database Adds Link to Search Headings as Major Topic

Nahin A. MeSH® Database Adds Link to Search Headings as Major Topic. NLM Tech Bull. 2005 Nov-Dec;(347):e2.

November 04, 2005 [posted]
November 22, 2005 [Editor's note added]

[Editor's Note: This feature was implemented in PubMed on November 17, 2005.]

A new option on the Links Menu in the Entrez MeSH database allows you to select and retrieve PubMed® citations where the heading has been designated as a major topic of the article (see Figure 1). It is no longer necessary to go to the Full display and create a search using the Send to Search box feature if you simply want to search the term as a major topic. For more information about using the MeSH database, please see the animated tutorials on the MeSH Database homepage and PubMed's Help.

Screen capture of citation context menu.
Screen capture of citation context menu.
Figure 1: Links Menu in the MeSH Database with Major Topic Option.