Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Changes and PubMed Searching – On Demand
For more information or to schedule this course, please contact Catherine Staley at NLMTrainers@nih.gov .
Every year, the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are updated. How does this affect your PubMed searches? What happens when a term gets changed, added, removed or moved to a different part of the MeSH hierarchy? How do you accommodate vocabulary changes over time in your comprehensive searches? How do you check your saved searches and alerts?
This on-demand course, offered through the NNLM Moodle platform, provides answers and allows participants to engage with exercises to practice what you learn.
Resource URL: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class-catalog/mesh-changes-and-pubmed-searching-demand
Learning Objectives
Successful participants will be able to:
- Describe how the MeSH vocabulary is maintained
- Explain how the addition, revision, and rearrangement of MeSH terms affect your PubMed searches
- Check your saved searches and alerts for needed changes
Agenda
This Moodle course is divided into the following sections:
- What Happens when MeSH is Updated?
- Two Dates in MeSH
- New Term with the Same Meaning
- New Term that is More Specific
- Hierarchy Changes
MLA CE Credits: 1.5