Branching Out: The MeSH® Vocabulary

This 12-minute video is an introduction to the development, structure and use of the MeSH® vocabulary. The video may be of particular interest to searchers of MEDLINE®/PubMed®, and is used in the PubMed search classes offered by NLM and the National Training Center and Clearinghouse.

The video is available in three formats: Macromedia Flash®, QuickTime®, and Windows Media®. Because of the length of the video, the file sizes are generally large. Please be patient while the video loads in your browser. If you are finding that the video stops and starts, try pausing the playback until more of the file is loaded onto your computer.

Macromedia Flash® format with menu and captions (Flash Player 8 required download Flash Player)
Points to: .flv* file (35 MB)
Also available: Flash .swf with menu and captions (82 MB), Flash .flv*  with no menu (45 MB)

Apple QuickTime® format with menu and captions (QuickTime player required download QuickTime )
Points to: .mov file  (103 MB)

Windows Media® format with menu and captions (Windows Media Player required download MediaPlayer)
Points to: .wmv file  (26 MB)

A transcript of the video is also available.

Current version:  September 2007

*Note regarding .flv versions: If the video does not start automatically, click on a menu item or the Stop button, then the Play button. 

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Last updated: 05 September 2007
First published: 15 December 2005
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