{"id":5216,"date":"2021-03-08T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T09:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/?p=5216"},"modified":"2022-05-27T16:27:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:27:58","slug":"ovid-medline-becoming-familiar-with-controlled-vocabularies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/subject-support\/ovid-medline-becoming-familiar-with-controlled-vocabularies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovid Medline: Becoming familiar with controlled vocabularies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are your literature searches run mainly in keyword-based platforms such as Google Scholar<\/a>, Scopus<\/a> or Web of Science<\/a>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you been told that you need to diversify your search, or maybe use a new database such as Medline<\/a>, Embase<\/a> or PsycInfo<\/a> through the Ovid searching platform? Did someone mention that Medline’s MeSH terms could improve your search?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you do not know what those terms mean or where to start, you are in the right place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following video will explain to you what controlled vocabularies are, why they are a powerful tool for retrieving relevant papers and it will demonstrate how to use Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in Medline via Ovid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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