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Abstracting and Indexing MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Abstracting and Indexing
Tree Number(s)
L01.462.750.245.100
Unique ID
D000043
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000043
Annotation
medical abstracting & indexing: do not coordinate with MEDICINE; do not confuse with Publication Types ABSTRACTS or MEETING ABSTRACT
Scope Note
Works about activities performed to identify concepts and aspects of published information and research reports.
Entry Version
ABSTRACTING INDEXING
Entry Term(s)
Abstracting
Abstracting and Indexing as Topic
Abstracting as Topic
Indexes as Topic
Indexing
Indexing and Abstracting
Indexing and Abstracting as Topic
Indexing as Topic
Public MeSH Note
2008; see ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING 1963-2007; for INDEXES as topic see REFERENCE BOOKS 1996-98
History Note
2008(1963); for INDEXES as topic use REFERENCE BOOKS 1996-1998
Date Introduced
1960/01/01
Last Updated
2022/07/12
Abstracting and Indexing Preferred
Abstracting Narrower
Indexes as Topic Related
Indexing Narrower
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