MeSH qualifiers versus publication types

[Liu, Arthur]

Hello,

For MeSH headings, are form/genre subdivisions strictly limited to the
"allowable qualifiers" listed on under a given heading?

In OCLC # 852239558, the following was assigned: >650 #2 Primary Health
Care $v Handbooks.

However, the MeSH browser page for Primary Health Care doesn't list
Handbooks as an allowable qualifier. Rather, the browser page for Handbooks
says it is a Publication Type, which I thought was only used in 655 fields.

Is this simply nonstandard usage or do I misunderstand MeSH?

Thanks,

Arthur W. Liu
Librarian, James A. Zimble Learning Resource Center
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814

E-mail: arthur.liu-I3EcDA0OPb6HXe+***@public.gmane.org
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[Christopher D. Cook]

Arthur Liu wrote:

"For MeSH headings, are form/genre subdivisions strictly limited to the
"allowable qualifiers" listed on under a given heading?

In OCLC # 852239558, the following was assigned: >650 #2 Primary Health
Care $v Handbooks.

However, the MeSH browser page for Primary Health Care doesn't list
Handbooks as an allowable qualifier. Rather, the browser page for Handbooks
says it is a Publication Type, which I thought was only used in 655 fields."


When NLM MARC records are distributed to OCLC, the headings are converted
to the traditional subject string that you find with LCSH. "Primary Health
Care $v Handbooks" is correct in OCLC.

If you retrieved the MARC from NLM's LocatorPlus catalog, for example, you
would find this split between a 650 and a 655:

650 12 Primary Health Care
655 _2 Handbooks

For more information, see Module 8 of NLM's MeSH course:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/tsd/cataloging/trainingcourses/mesh/mod8_020.html

Christopher D. Cook
Collection Content Organization Librarian
Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library
The George Washington University

Post by Liu, Arthur
Hello,
For MeSH headings, are form/genre subdivisions strictly limited to the
"allowable qualifiers" listed on under a given heading?
In OCLC # 852239558, the following was assigned: >650 #2 Primary Health
Care $v Handbooks.
However, the MeSH browser page for Primary Health Care doesn't list
Handbooks as an allowable qualifier. Rather, the browser page for Handbooks
says it is a Publication Type, which I thought was only used in 655 fields.
Is this simply nonstandard usage or do I misunderstand MeSH?
Thanks,
Arthur W. Liu
Librarian, James A. Zimble Learning Resource Center
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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