Variations in Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) mapping: From the natural language of patron terms to the controlled vocabulary of mapped lists

Journal of the Medical Library Association

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-180

  Gault, Lora V ^a   Shultz, Mary ^b   Davies, Kathy J ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH SCIENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SERVICE; LIBRARY; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDLINE; PRINTING; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDLINE; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE (U.S.); QUALITY CONTROL; SUBJECT HEADINGS; UNITED STATES; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 0036547278     PISSN: 15365050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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