Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Changes and PubMed Searching 2025

Class Experience Level
Beginner, Intermediate

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? 

During this interactive class, you’ll have the opportunity to hear from NLM staff about these changes, ask questions, and practice searching with MeSH in PubMed. 

 

By registering for this class, you are agreeing to the NNLM Code of Conduct

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

Class Details

Date(s): February 19, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Platform: Zoom
CE Credits: 1.50
CE Categories: MLA
Class Experience Level: Beginner, Intermediate
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Class Contacts

Host/Instructor: Catherine Staley
Technical Assistance: Michael Tahmasian

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