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What do athletic tape, droughts and nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy have in common? They are all new MeSH terms for 2009!
While you know that medicine, clinical care and research are constantly evolving, you may not be aware that those Medical Subject Headings (or MeSH terms) that describe articles in the MEDLINE database also undergo changes and revisions every year. The National Library of Medicine, the agency that maintains MEDLINE and PubMed, analyzes MeSH every year to determine if new terms are needed and if old terms should be edited or retired.
While this reload of MeSH takes place, no new indexed citations are added to the MEDLINE database. For most people, this will have a limited impact: if you are a PubMed user, just be sure that you search using textwords in addition to MeSH terms (this is the default method when using the main search box); for Ovid users looking for the most current citations, be sure to search the in-process file (accessible from the change database link within Ovid) in addition to the MEDLINE file. Generally this process lasts just a few weeks in December.
If you have saved searches, you may want to check the new 2009 MeSH term list to determine if your strategy is still appropriate.
If you have any questions or would like assistance in evaluating a saved search, contact a reference librarian at 660-1100, mclref@mc.duke.edu, or via IM.
While you know that medicine, clinical care and research are constantly evolving, you may not be aware that those Medical Subject Headings (or MeSH terms) that describe articles in the MEDLINE database also undergo changes and revisions every year. The National Library of Medicine, the agency that maintains MEDLINE and PubMed, analyzes MeSH every year to determine if new terms are needed and if old terms should be edited or retired.
While this reload of MeSH takes place, no new indexed citations are added to the MEDLINE database. For most people, this will have a limited impact: if you are a PubMed user, just be sure that you search using textwords in addition to MeSH terms (this is the default method when using the main search box); for Ovid users looking for the most current citations, be sure to search the in-process file (accessible from the change database link within Ovid) in addition to the MEDLINE file. Generally this process lasts just a few weeks in December.
If you have saved searches, you may want to check the new 2009 MeSH term list to determine if your strategy is still appropriate.
If you have any questions or would like assistance in evaluating a saved search, contact a reference librarian at 660-1100, mclref@mc.duke.edu, or via IM.
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