Module 2—Introduction to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and the MeSH Browser: Hyperlinks in MeSH Browser and Views in MeSH Browser

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DB / Metadata Management Program (MMP): Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in Cataloging

Hyperlinks in MeSH Browser

All underlined information is hyperlinked
Links may be to the trees, other MeSH terms, or additional sources such as related sections in the NLM® Indexing Manual

Views in MeSH Browser

Three different views available
- Standard View
  - Default view
- Concept View
  - Structured in the same manner as in XML format
  - Groups synonymous terms into concepts
  - Minimum concept structure with terms and scope notes
- Expanded Concept View
  - The concept view plus additional concept and term attributes such as Concept UI, Semantic Type and Lexical Tag

Last Reviewed: June 26, 2015