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The Basics of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in MEDLINE®/PubMed®

Learn more about Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and how to use them to search MEDLINE®/PubMed® for medical literature and information.

leaf Introduction
What is MeSH?
leaf MeSH Heading Tree Structures
Organization of the MeSH Vocabulary.
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Principles of MEDLINE Subject Indexing
How MeSH terminology is used to describe articles in MEDLINE/PubMed.
Principles | The Indexing Process | Finding Terms | Major Topics | Coordination | Depth of Indexing and the Rule of Three | Example of MeSH Indexing
leaf The MeSH Database
Building a search strategy for PubMed.
leaf Searching PubMed using MeSH Vocabulary Search Field Tags
leaf Indexing for Chemicals and Drugs
leaf Pharmacological Action Terms
leaf Searching for Chemicals and Drugs
leaf Further Information about Chemical Searching