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PubMed and MeSH

Are you starting to search in PubMed? Do you want understand how to use MeSH terms? This guide will assist you by providing an overview of these topics.

Guide to PubMed and MeSH

 

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Guide to Research on PubMed:

This guide was created for those who are new to searching on PubMed, or for those who want to better understand how to use MeSH terms.

What is PubMed?

PubMed is a resource provided by the National Library of Medicine. PubMed is the name of the searchable interface to the MEDLINE database. It provides access to over 29 million abstracts and citations of biomedical literature. 

What is MeSH?

MeSH is the abbreviation for Medical Subject Headings. MeSH are terms that PubMed uses to tag articles with.