Document (#8347)

Author

Bronson, R.J.

Title

Creative ways to locate MeSH subheading information

Source

Medical reference services quarterly. 13(1994) no.1, S.73-80

Year

1994

Abstract

Locating notes about MeSH subheadings can be one of the most difficult aspects of MEDLINE searching. When used with MeSH, subheadings serve to limit or define the focus of a heading. NLM indexers, staff members who enter the MeSH indexing into the database, use subheadings freely. They do follow indexing conventions and searchers need to be aware of how to obtain basic subheading information to assist in search formulation. There are a number of methods which may be used in order to view subheading use notes

Object

MeSH

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