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ScholarPermalink Reply by Siddhartha Shankar Ray on -
Dear Sri Devaraju;
Medical Subject Heading or MESH is a controlled vocabulary devised by US National Library of Medicine to enable researchers searching by Lead Terms in Index Medicus.
The print version of Index Medicus Used to provide a set of MESH with all yearly subscriptions.
With the advent of MEDLINE Databases, the print version of Index Medicus became obscure (MEDLINE is the online version of Index Medicus) and at present with the launch of PUBMED as an open source material, the MEDLINE Database which were available in different platforms like OVID; SilverPlatter, etc, too have become virtually obscure.
In India the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) first time organised a Training Course of its Library Professionals way back in 1984 (April 1984, to be precise) where a team of two information Scientists namely Elisabeth Xelander and Per Olsson came from Karolinska Institute of Stockholm to impart training on searching the MEDLINE Database on the basis of MESH. The National Medical Library at New Delhi used to conduct a 5 weeks training on Health Sciences Librarianship where hands on trainings were imparted on MESH.
Sincerely,
Siddhartha S. Ray
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