November 04, 2005 [posted]
November 22, 2005 [Editor's note added]

MeSH® Database Adds Link to Search Headings as Major Topic

[Editor's Note: This feature was implemented in PubMed on November 17, 2005.]

A new option on the Links Menu in the Entrez MeSH database allows you to select and retrieve PubMed® citations where the heading has been designated as a major topic of the article (see Figure 1). It is no longer necessary to go to the Full display and create a search using the Send to Search box feature if you simply want to search the term as a major topic. For more information about using the MeSH database, please see the animated tutorials on the MeSH Database homepage and PubMed's Help.

Screen capture of citation context menu.

Figure 1: Links Menu in the MeSH Database with Major Topic Option.

By Annette Nahin
MEDLARS Management Section

Nahin A. MeSH® Database Adds Link to Search Headings as Major Topic. NLM Tech Bull. 2005 Nov-Dec;(347):e2.