Medical Subject Headings
Introduction to MeSH - 2013
The following is an introduction to the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus, including its use and structure, as well as recent updates and availability of data. For simplest access to MeSH we suggest the MeSH Browser, an interactive Web application for searching and browsing MeSH data.
1. Preface
2. Structure of MeSH
- Record Types
- Entry Vocabulary
- Tree Structures; 2013 Trees
- Data Elements in MeSH records
- XML format
- ASCII format: Descriptors, Qualifiers, SCRs.
- Conversion table listing ASCII MeSH and ELHILL MeSH elements with the corresponding element in XML MeSH.
3. Use of MeSH
- Use of MeSH in Online Retrieval
- Use of MeSH by Indexers
- Use Of Medical Subject Headings For Cataloging
4. MeSH Vocabulary Changes for 2013
5. Availability of MeSH Data
- Interactively: The MeSH Browser
- Downloading MeSH Data
- Printed MeSH
- Bibliography used in MeSH maintenance.
