The National Library of Medicine creates and maintains the authority records. Records are stored and displayed in the MARC authorities format. When working with WorldCat bibliographic records, you can search the MeSH authority records to determine the correct forms for names of persons, organizations, conferences, or titles associated with the resource you are describing.
See MeSH indexes and indexed fields for a list of headings.
When working with WorldCat bibliographic records, you can search the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus MeSH authority records to determine the correct forms for medical subject headings associated with the resource you are describing as well as for Library of Congress Personal Names, Corporate and Conference Names, and Titles tagged as MeSH).
Column | Description |
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Name | The name of the authority and its associated See (4xx) and See Also (5xx) references. Note: See and See Also references are displayed as links if they lead to an authority record. Click the link to open the authority record in the MARC editor. |
Field | The field in which the authority appears. |
Description | Lists information about personal, corporate/conference, or geographic names. |
Action | Click Edit to open the authority record in the MARC 21 editor. |
After you control a heading and replace the record in WorldCat, Record Manager automatically updates the heading whenever the linked authority record changes.
Column | Description |
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Name | The name of the authority and its associated See (4xx) and See Also (5xx) references. Note: See and See Also references are displayed as links if they lead to an authority record. Click the link to open the authority record in the MARC editor. |
Field | The field in which the authority appears. |
Description | Lists information about personal, corporate/conference, or geographic names. |
Action | Click Edit to open the authority record in the MARC 21 editor. |
MeSH authority headings can be added to bibliographic records and controlled provided that the heading is in one of the following fields: