Finding Appropriate MeSH Headings

• If you are having difficulties in finding appropriate descriptors in the MeSH Browser:
  
  • try to think of some synonyms for the concept and search those terms
    
  • identify a broader or narrower descriptor and examine the trees to find if there is a more appropriate descriptor for your item

• For very new concepts or particularly problematic titles, try searching the NLM Catalog, PubMed®, or MeSH on Demand tool for some of the keywords you have identified, or for other works by the author of your piece

• Seeing headings assigned to similar material may assist you in assigning the proper MeSH
  
  • One word of caution: indexers often use more specific descriptors than a cataloger would; you may find the most appropriate heading higher in the tree