John B. Cade Library
Subject Headings
When you begin to look for information on your topic utilizing nursing databases(CINAHL, Health Source Complete, Medline), it is often not obvious which word or words to use for yout topic.
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Subject Headings are strategies for finding alternative terms/words.
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Subject Headings works like a thesaurus
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Subject Headings names varies according to specfic databases.
Subject Headings & Databases
When you search core nursing databases you will discover subject headings will have different names.
CINAHL Plus Full Text= CINAHL HEADINGS
Health Source Complete= Subjects
Medline=MeSH 2018
MeSH
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MeSH BrowserThe MeSH Browser is an online vocabulary look-up aid available for use with MeSH® (Medical Subject Headings). It is designed to help quickly locate descriptors of possible interest and to show the hierarchy in which descriptors of interest appear. Virtually complete MeSH records are available, including the scope notes, annotations, entry vocabulary, history notes, allowable qualifiers, etc. The browser does not link directly to any MEDLINE or other database retrieval system and thus is not a substitute for the PUBMED system.