Non-MeSH Indexed Citations (cont.)

2. Articles from issues of journals published prior to selection for MEDLINE indexing

• These earlier citations will not be indexed with MeSH headings.
• Prior to late 2003:
  • the citations were not reviewed for accurate bibliographic data
  • the status tag of [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] appears
• Beginning in late 2003:
  • the citations have been reviewed for accurate bibliographic data
  • the status tag of [PubMed] appears
    
    

  Example: NLM began indexing the journal, The Neurologist with v. 9, no. 1, 2003. However, the publisher electronically supplied NLM with citations from earlier volumes. The citations from back volumes were entered into PubMed but will not be indexed with MeSH.
  

Notice the [PubMed] status tag from an item from vol. 8, 2003.

 

Notice the [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE] status tag on an item from volume 9, 2003.

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