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Keyword/Textword

Searching


Medical Subject Headings

Overview 1

Mapping

Subheadings

MeSH Tree

Explode

Focus

Combining (AND, OR)

Combining Overview

Limiting

Displaying Results

Full Text Articles

Printing/E-Mailing/Saving

Ordering Articles



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Question #4:
Why is MeSH searching particularly effective?

(Click on the green question mark next to the option(s) you would choose.)

Option A
MeSH/medical subject heading searching retrieves only those citations containing the exact title or abstract word(s) searched.
Option B
MeSH/medical subject heading searching is useful because all citations on a particular subject are described by the same MeSH, so that the searcher does not have to think of all synonyms/ variations of a term and perform multiple searches.
Option C
MeSH/medical subject heading searching is useful if you are searching for something that is extremely new, rare, or not well-represented in the literature.
Option D
MeSH/medical subject heading searching is useful if you are searching for articles that use buzzwords such as the "Long-Stern diagnostic test", or "morning after pill".