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This guide helps users to learn how to use the new and updated PubMed and show them what the new features are and where to find some of the old features.

What is MeSH and How to Access MeSH?

MeSH stands for Medical Subject Headings. It is the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus used for indexing articles for PubMed.

You may access the MeSH database via the following ways:

To access by clicking MeSH Database at the bottom of PubMed website.

To access via Advanced Search mode

Tutorials

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) in MEDLINE®/PubMed®: A Tutorial
This tutorial was created by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) on Sept 5, 2019. It is an exploration of how Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) are used for indexing MEDLINE records in PubMed. This tutorial is intended for PubMed searchers.
Searching PubMed with MeSH (handout)

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