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Table of Contents: 2014 SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER No. 400

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2015 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Now Available

2015 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Now Available. NLM Tech Bull. 2014 Sep-Oct;(400):e6.

2014 September 17 [posted]
2014 November 25 [Editor's note added]
Other pertinent articles:

MEDLINE/PubMed Year-End Processing Activities

dot2015 MeSH Now Available

MeSH Browser Now Updated More Frequently

MEDLINE Data Changes - 2015

What's New for 2015 MeSH

Cataloging News - 2015

Newly Maintained MEDLINE for 2015 MeSH Now Available in PubMed

Introduction to MeSH 2015
The Introduction to MeSH 2015 is now available, including information on its use and structure, as well as recent updates and availability of data.

MeSH Browser
The default year in the MeSH Browser remains 2014 MeSH for now, but the alternate link provides access to 2015 MeSH. The MeSH Section will continue to provide access via the MeSH Browser for two years of the vocabulary: the current year and an alternate year. Sometime in November or December, the default year will change to 2015 MeSH and the alternate link will provide access to the 2014 MeSH.

Download MeSH
Download 2015 MeSH in XML and ASCII formats. Also available for 2015 from the same MeSH download page are:

  • Pharmacologic Actions (Forthcoming) [Editor's Note: The Pharmacologic Action files for 2015 MeSH are now available for download from the MeSH download page at: //www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/filelist.html.]
  • New Headings with Scope Notes
  • MeSH Replaced Headings
  • MeSH MN (tree number) changes
  • 2015 MeSH in MARC format

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