Support : Publications : Chronolog Archives : January/February 2005

MEDLINE^® Reload Progressing

Each year MEDLINE is reloaded because the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) re-indexes relevant documents from the whole database with changed medical terms and removes deleted terms. Currently, the 2005 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH®) are applied to updates for Dialog; however, until the Dialog DataStar reload is completed, the 2004 MeSH will be used for current updates.

Note two additional changes this year:

• The existing term HUMAN has changed to the plural form HUMANS
  
  
• MEDLINE and OLDMEDLINE (i.e., pre-1966) documents formerly distributed in "Completed" status will be distributed by NLM with a status of MEDLINE or OLDMEDLINE

If you have any questions, please contact your nearest Knowledge Center. These changes are reflected in the Bluesheet and Datasheet.

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