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Title: MeSH, Medical Subject Headings:


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MeSH, Medical Subject Headings
  • What is MeSH?
  • Using the MeSH Database

2
Textword vs Controlled Vocabulary
  • Keyword or Textword
  • Car
  • Van
  • Ford
  • Chevy
  • Chevrolet
  • Sedan
  • Automobile or auto
  • Nissan
  • Minivan
  • Controlled vocabulary
  • Automobile
  • Definition All makes and models of motorized
    passenger vehicles with 2 axles

3
MeSH Medical Subject Headings
  • Controlled vocabulary
  • Standardized set of terms
  • used to search PubMed
  • Hierarchical
  • Broad to Narrow subjects
  • Exploding a broad term also searches the narrower
    terms

4
MeSH Tree
Penicillins Antibiotics, Lactam Antibiotics Ant
i-Infective Agents
5
Using MeSH Hints
  • Looking for Articles
  • Narrowest term first
  • Looking for books
  • Broader terms

6
MeSH Database
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MeSH Database
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