Nursing & Public Health

• MeSH stands for Medical Subject Headings. 
• Controlled vocabulary thesaurus created and maintained by

• Arranged in both an alphabetic and a hierarchical structure

• Searches with MeSh terms will retreive more relevant and consistent results than regular keywords
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  • Examples:

    Common terms	MeSH terms
    depression	depressive disorder
    chewing	mastication
    St. John's wort	hypericum

Common terms vs. MeSH

Compare the database search results in

Look at the Search Results (the numbers of articles and citations retrieved.

• You may combine common and MeSH terms with OR (in capital letters) in a single search field. Watch the tutorial videos below. OR is one of Boolean Search Operators.

1. Go to

2. Enter a keyword or phrase.

3. Read the description(s) and identify the relevant MeSH term.

4. You should use both common and MeSh term connected with "OR" when conducting database searches*.

* OR is one of the Boolean Search Operators.

1. Open

(PVCC > Library > A to Z List of eResources > MEDLINE) and click on advanced search.

2. Go to MeSH 2017 at the top and enter your keyword(s).


 

3. Check the box next to the suggested MeSH term if any. 

              

4. If more MeSH needs to be added, click on Browse Additional Terms on the bottom.

5. Search MeSH 2017 for an additional keyword.


 

6. Select AND and click on Search Database.

7. Go to Advanced Search and select the desired type of study in Clinical Queries based on your PICO.

8. Click on Search on the bottom right.

 

9. Check Liked Full Text and select desired publication dates (For example, 2012-2017)