How do MeSH terms work?

MeSH terms are related to each other in a hierarchical order. If you find that your results are too broad or narrow, check the MeSH record to see if you can find a term that is more specific or narrow in scope. The MeSH tree can be found at the bottom of every MeSH record.

How do you perform a MeSH search?

To search within MeSH:

1. To browse a list of subject headings available in the database, click the MeSH button on the blue sub-toolbar. Users can search MeSH in MEDLINE three different ways:
2. Mark the check box to the left of a term.
3. Click Search Database. Your search query finds articles with the term as a MeSH Heading.

What does MeSH stand for in PubMed?

Medical Subject Headings
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in MEDLINE®/PubMed®: A Tutorial.

What databases use MeSH terms?

Databases that use MeSH terms include (but are not limited to): PubMed. CINAHL Complete. Medline.

Does PubMed use MeSH?

MeSH is the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM’s) controlled vocabulary or subject heading list. It’s used by indexers, who are subject analysts, and maintain the PubMed database, to reflect subject content of journal articles as they are published.

What is PubMed MeSH?

What is MeSH? MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) is the National Library of Medicine’s controlled vocabulary thesaurus, used for indexing articles for the MEDLINE®/PubMED® database. Each article citation is associated with a set of MeSH terms that describe the content of the citation.

How do I create a PubMed search?

There are three steps to building an effective search strategy using the PubMed Advanced Search Builder:

1. search one concept at a time, specifying fields, e.g. Title/Abstract, or subject headings, e.g. MeSH Major Topic, from the menu.
2. add each completed concept to History using the Add to History link, one after another.

What does MH mean in PubMed?

MeSH headings
MeSH headings [MH] PubMed automatically searches the MeSH headings as well as the more specific terms beneath that heading in the MeSH hierarchy. This is known as the explosion feature. Example: eye [mh] will retrieve citations indexed to: Eye.

Is MeSH a taxonomy?

MeSH is based on a taxonomy model in which descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure. This structure, called the MeSH Tree, descends from the general to the specific.

Does PubMed have MeSH?

MeSH includes the subject headings appearing in MEDLINE/PubMed, the NLM Catalog, and other NLM databases.

How do I create a MeSH term in PubMed?

MeSH terms with subheadings To access MeSH terms, click on the drop-down menu beside the search box on the main PubMed page. Type in a term and the system will present you with a list of subject headings, with definitions, from which you can choose.