MeSH Changes and PubMed Searching

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?

Objectives

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
Class Materials and Resources
January 2023 - Recording and materials are now available.
January 2024 - Recording and materials are now available.
Class Length

90

Continuing Education

This class has been approved for 1.5 Medical Library Association (MLA) continuing education credits.

Class Owner(s)

Contact the NNLM Training Office for more information.

Class Instructor(s)

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Classes

Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories Is Online Registration
Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Changes and PubMed Searching 2025 During this interactive class, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from NLM staff about annual MeSH changes and how they affect your PubMed searches, ask questions, and practice searching with MeSH in PubMed. 1.50 MLA On
Event Title Event Start Date Summary Continuing Education Credits CE Categories Is Online Registration
MeSH Changes and PubMed Searching 2024 During this interactive class, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from NLM staff about annual MeSH changes and how they affect your PubMed searches, ask questions, and practice searching with MeSH in PubMed. 1.50 MLA On
MeSH Changes and PubMed Searching 2023 Each 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 for vocabulary changes over time in your comprehensive searches? How do you check your saved searches and alerts? 1.50 On