MEDLINE is available to CSU users in a number of platforms. The tips here refer to the Ovid version of MEDLINE.
Using MeSH terms in Ovid MEDLINE is very similar to using CINAHL Headings in CINAHL Plus with Full Text. The functionality is much the same, but the appearance of the screens, and some of the terminology, is different.
In the Advanced Search screen, which is the default, you need to use the Map Term to Subject Heading tick box. Enter your topic/concept/idea in the search box, tick the box for Map Term to Subject Heading, and click on Search.
Let's use "community nursing" as an example. If you map the term "community nursing" to subject headings, you get a match for Community Health Nursing, as shown on this screen:
Clearly, "community nursing" matches to the MeSH term Community Health Nursing.
If you tick the box for Community Health Nursing, and click on Continue, you can select from the list of subheadings. You can select all the subheadings, or make a selection and combine them with AND or OR. Helpfully, you can see how many articles there are with each heading > subheading. Click on Continue to search for articles.
If, back at the list of mapped subject headings, you click on the subject heading itself, you are taken into the tree view of the subject headings - that is, the subject heading hierarchy. This can be a help because you can see broader terms and narrower terms, and you might choose to use these instead. Here, the broader term is Specialities, Nursing, and the narrower terms are Home Health Nursing, and Parish Nursing.
At this screen, you can proceed to search for one or a combination of subject headings.
You can also:
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