Cataloging and Metadata Management: Using Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in Cataloging
Introduction
- Module 1 - Subject Analysis Principles
- Module 2 - Introduction to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Module 3 - Selecting the Main Concept
- Module 4 - Descriptors: Selecting the Main Concept(s)
- Module 5 - Qualifiers (Subheadings)
- Module 6 - Geographicals
- Module 7 - Publication Characteristics
- Module 8 - Names or Work Titles as Subjects
Special Cases
- If the NLM record does not contain any 650 terms, but does contain a 651, then the term is distributed as a 651 in the MARC 21 output
- Example:
- NLM files
- 651 _2 $a Sierra Leone
- MARC 21 distribution
- 651 _2 $a Sierra Leone.
- NLM files
- If the NLM record does not contain any 650 or 651 terms, but does contain a 655, then the term is distributed as a 655 in the MARC 21 output
- Example:
- NLM files
- 655 _2 $a Periodicals
- MARC 21
- 655 _2 $a Periodicals.
- NLM files
- If the NLM record does not contain any 650 terms, but does contain a 651 and 655, then the 655 is appended as $v to the 651
- Example:
- NLM files
- 651 _2 $a China
- 655 _2 $a Handbooks
- MARC 21
- 651 _2 $a China $v Handbooks.
- NLM files
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