Dealing with the Issue of VOCABULARY - mapping your terms to somebody else's
MeSH : The Medical Subject Headings of MEDLINE
- Hierarchically arranged structure of terms for every conceivable topic, allowing the assignment of individual journal articles to the most specific terms possible.
- Allows searching with maximum sensitivity by picking more generic "grandfather termsî
- Allows for maximum specificity by picking more specific nested terms, along with a short list of subheadings (e.g. "drug therapy" or "diagnosis").