Information Science

MEDLINE

The premier bibliographic database of the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. MEDLINE® (MEDLARS Online) is the primary subset of PUBMED and can be searched on NLM's Web site in PubMed or the NLM Gateway. MEDLINE references are indexed with MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS (MeSH).

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The premier bibliographic database of the NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. MEDLINE® (MEDLARS Online) is the primary subset of PUBMED and can be searched on NLM's Web site in PubMed or the NLM Gateway. MEDLINE references are indexed with MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS (MeSH).

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Classification

Broader headings

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Index Medicus

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Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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History Note

1991; use MEDLARS 1978-1990; for INDEX MEDICUS use MEDLINE 1979-2004

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Previous Indexing

  • Information Systems (1966-1977)
  • MEDLARS (1978-1990)
  • National Library of Medicine (U.S.) (1966-1977)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. L01w.313w.500w.750w.280w.710.500w
  2. L01w.313w.500w.750w.280w.750w.500w
  3. L01w.313w.500w.750w.300w.188w.300w.650w.500w
  4. L01w.313w.500w.750w.300w.710.500w
  5. L01w.313w.500w.750w.300w.742w.650w.500w
  6. L01w.470w.750w.500w.650w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. MEDLINE. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016239. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016239
  2. MEDLINE. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEDLINE
  3. MEDLINE. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1540899