MeSH Changes and PubMed Searching*
For more information or to schedule this course, contact: Kate Majewski, majewsk@mail.nlm.nih.gov.
Every year, the Medical Subject Headings are updated. How does this affect your PubMed searches? What happens when a term gets changed, or added, or removed; or moved to a different part of the MeSH hierarchy? How do you accommodate vocabulary changes over time in your comprehensive searches?
Join us for "MeSH Changes and PubMed Searching" to learn.
Course URL: https://nnlm.gov/training/class/2022-mesh-changes-and-pubmed-searching
Learning Objectives:
Successful participants will be able to:
- Describe how the MeSH vocabulary is maintained
- Explain how the addition, revision, deletion and rearrangement of MeSH terms affect your PubMed searches
- Check your saved searches and alerts for needed changes
Agenda:
- New Terms
- Previous Indexing
- Replaced Terms and Year Introduced
- Subheading Changes
- Tree Rearrangements
- Checking your Saved Searches
MLA CE Credits: 1.5