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MEDICAL :
HEALTH :
DATABASES :
SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS :
LIBRARIES: NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE:
NLM Classification 2014
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NLM Classification 2014
A product of the National Library of Medicine for the arrangement of
library materials in the field of medicine and related sciences used
internationally.
Outline of the NLM Classification
Index to the NLM Classification
Table G (geographic notation)
19th Century Schedule
Class Numbers Added and Canceled (Current Edition)
Class Numbers Added (Cumulative List)
Canceled Class Numbers (Cumulative List)
NLM Classification Materials
Download the NLM Classification
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About the NLM Classification
About the Index
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Fundamentals of the NLM Classification [online training]
Other NLM Resources
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MeSH Browser
Introduction to MeSH
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About the NLM Classification
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/nlmclassintro.html
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Scope of Revision
Historical Development
Structure of the NLM Classification
Relationship to MeSH
Index
Scope of Revision
This edition incorporates all 2014 additions and changes to the schedules
(see Class Numbers Added and Canceled) and to the index, which has been
newly edited and updated with appropriate MeSH concepts. One hundred and
five (105) new index entries were created of which forty-two (42) are from
the 2014 MeSH; the remainder are MeSH terms from previous years. Numerous
main index entries and cross references were modified to reflect changes
in the MeSH vocabulary. Thirty-nine (39) index entries were deleted.
Although the broad nature of the NLM Classification schedules precludes
complete correspondence with MeSH, new class numbers were added and
existing class numbers were canceled as needed to reflect other changes in
MeSH and the biomedical and related sciences literature cataloged.
The QS (Human Anatomy) and QT (Physiology) schedules were the major area
of focus for the 2014 edition.
Two (2) QT schedule outline headers were changed:
QT 180-245 Physiology. Hygiene was changed to QT 180-245 Hygiene.
QT 250-275 Leisure Activities. Sports Medicine was changed to QT 250-275
Leisure Activities. Sports. Sports Medicine.
Some QS and QT class number captions and notes were revised to better
reflect the scope of the number. For example:
At QS 26.5, the note was added: Classify here works on Visible Human
Projects.
At QS 504, the note was added: Includes works on comparative histology
between humans and animals.
At QS 645, the caption was changed from Placentation. Fetal membranes to
Placentation. Extraembryonic membranes
At QT 4, the caption was changed from General works, including comparative
physiology to General works. The note was changed from Classify material
on comparative physiology limited to animals in QP to Includes works on
comparative physiology between humans and animals. Classify material on
human physiology only in QT 104. Classify animal physiology in QP, QL, or
SF.
At QT 34, the caption was changed from Biophysics to Biophysical
phenomena.
At QT 36, the caption was changed from Biomedical engineering to
Bioengineering. Biomedical engineering (General).
At QT 36.5, the caption was changed from Nanotechnology to
Microtechnology. Nanotechnology.
At QT 150, the caption was changed from Hot climates to Hot temperature.
At QT 250, the caption was changed from Recreation. Outdoor activities to
Leisure activities.
Changes were made to other class schedules. For example:
At WA 260, the note was added: Classify works on protective devices in
sports and leisure activities in QT 250-261.
At WB 480, the caption was changed from Ultraviolet therapy. Sunlight.
Light therapy to Ultraviolet therapy. Heliotherapy. Light therapy.
At WD 610, the caption was changed from Hot Temperature to Heat stress
disorders.
At WN 600, the note was added: Classify works on the effects of
non-ionizing radiation on humans in QT 162.U4.
Changes were made to Table G (Geographic Notations).
Four (4) Table G numbers were added:
DB9--British Virgin Islands
DC25--Caribbean Netherlands
DC95--Curao
DS5--Sint Maarten
Three (3) cross references were added:
Saba see Caribbean Netherlands
St. Eustatius see Caribbean Netherlands
Virgin Islands of the United States see United States Virgin Islands
One Table G number caption was modified:
DV5--Virgin Islands of the United States was changed to United States
Virgin Islands
Two (2) Table G numbers were relocated:
DN4--Netherlands Antilles was moved to the Historical Geographic Locations
section
JI5Indochina was moved to the Obsolete Table G Notations section
Historical Development
The genesis of the NLM Classification is a Survey Report on the Army
Medical Library, published in 1944, which recommended that the "Library be
reclassified according to a modern scheme," and that the new scheme be a
mixed notation (letters and numbers) resembling that of the Library of
Congress. Subsequently a classification committee was formed, chaired by
Keyes D. Metcalf and including Mary Louise Marshall who compiled the
schedules. Medical specialists acted as consultants to the committee.
Based on the consultants' advice, that of the committee and of the NLM
cataloging staff, Ms. Marshall produced a preliminary edition of the
Library's Classification, which was issued in 1948.
The preliminary edition was revised by Frank B. Rogers and the first
edition of the new classification was published in 1951 as the U.S. Army
Medical Library Classification. It firmly established the current
structure of the classification and NLM's classification practices. The
headings for the individual schedules were given in brief form (e.g., WE -
Musculoskeletal System; WG - Cardiovascular System) and together they
provided an outline of the subjects that constitute the National Library
of Medicine Classification . These headings were interpreted broadly as
including the physiological system, the specialty or specialties connected
with them, the regions of the body chiefly concerned and subordinate
related fields. Within each schedule, division by organ usually has
priority. All schedules, including some of their sections, are preceded by
a group of form numbers representing publication types. These numbers,
ranging generally from 1-39, are employed as mnemonic devices throughout
the Classification.
Beginning with the 2002 edition, the National Library of Medicine
Classification is published in electronic form and updated annually:
The online environment offers many advantages to users including
hyperlinks between class numbers in the index and the schedules, and
between terms within the index and direct links from these to the MeSH
record itself under the MeSH Browser.
The online data creation and maintenance system of the Classification
gives NLM the ability to update the classification annually in tandem with
MeSH. Publication of printed editions ceased with the 5th revised edition,
1999. Beginning with the 2006 edition, the NLM Classification is also
available in PDF (Portable Document Format) at
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/terms_cond.html.
Structure of the NLM Classification
The National Library of Medicine Classification covers the field of
medicine and related sciences, utilizing schedules QS-QZ and W-WZ,
permanently excluded from the Library of Congress (LC) Classification
schedules. The various schedules of the LC Classification supplement the
NLM Classification for subjects bordering on medicine and for general
reference materials. The LC schedules for Human Anatomy (QM), Microbiology
(QR) and Medicine (R) are not used at all by the National Library of
Medicine since they overlap the NLM Classification.
Relationship to MeSH
The schedules, with their special requirements for use with all types and
forms of materials, preclude strict adherence to the hierarchical
arrangement of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), the Library's
thesaurus for indexing and cataloging. The schedules maintain their own
character in order to provide for material, old as well as new, acquired
for the Collection, including dictionaries, atlases, directories and other
items, which are not suitable for the arrangements, found in MeSH.
However, an effort was made to make schedule headings, subheadings and
class number captions compatible with MeSH terminology. The MeSH Tree
Structures were used extensively to determine the proper placement of a
concept in a schedule and to relate index headings to one another. Since
the representation of subjects in the schedules of the NLM Classification
is intentionally broad, the captions do not enumerate all of the
subordinate concepts that are to be classified in a given number. MeSH
descriptors for these subordinate concepts do appear in the index, to the
extent practical with appropriate references to the classification
numbers.
Index
The Index to the NLM Classification consists primarily of Medical Subject
Heading (MeSH) concepts used in cataloging. It includes concepts first
appearing in the latest edition of MeSH and other older concepts as
warranted by the literature cataloged. It also provides access to
classification numbers through these MeSH concepts. Index entries are
updated annually to reflect additions and changes of the latest edition of
MeSH. For additional information on the Index see About the Index.
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Outline of the NLM Classification
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/class/OutlineofNLMClassificationSchedule.html
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Preclinical Sciences:
QS Human Anatomy
QT Physiology
QU Biochemistry. Cell Biology and Genetics
QV Pharmacology
QW Microbiology and Immunology
QX Parasitology
QY Clinical Pathology
QZ Pathology
Medicine and Related Subjects:
W General Medicine. Health Professions
WA Public Health
WB Practice of Medicine
WC Communicable Diseases
WD Disorders of Systemic, Metabolic or Environmental Origin, etc.
WE Musculoskeletal System
WF Respiratory System
WG Cardiovascular System
WH Hemic and Lymphatic Systems
WI Digestive System
WJ Urogenital System
WK Endocrine System
WL Nervous System
WM Psychiatry
WN Radiology. Diagnostic Imaging
WO Surgery
WP Gynecology
WQ Obstetrics
WR Dermatology
WS Pediatrics
WT Geriatrics. Chronic Disease
WU Dentistry. Oral Surgery
WV Otolaryngology
WW Ophthalmology
WX Hospitals and Other Health Facilities
WY Nursing
WZ History of Medicine. Medical Miscellany
19th Century Schedule
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Index to NLM 2014 Classification
http://wwwsvlt.nlm.nih.gov/class/docs/index_18.html
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MESH Browser
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/MBrowser.html
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MESH Home
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html
MeSH Browser
Online searching of MeSH vocabulary
About the MeSH Browser
Suggestions for authors' keywords
All About MeSH
MeSH Fact Sheet
Publications and presentations by MeSH staff
Introduction to MeSH
Information from Previous Years
Obtaining MeSH
Download electronic copies.
Lists of Annual Changes to MeSH.
MeSH Vocabulary Suggestions
MeSH vocabulary suggestions
What's New
2014 MeSH Files Available
Related Efforts
Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
NLM Classification
RxNorm
DailyMed
MeSH
Staff
Biographies and email
Publications and presentations
Files Available to Download
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/filelist.html
Download of any of the full data files requires the completion of an
online Memorandum of Understanding.
2014 MeSH
These formatted versions of the entire MeSH vocabulary are available to
download. For best results in downloading, use of a graphical interface is
recommended.
2014 MeSH in XML format. MeSH descriptors and qualifiers, and
Supplementary Concept Records (formerly Supplementary Chemical Records) in
XML format. Files are updated weekly. Supplementary records are compatible
with 2014 MeSH descriptors. Descriptor file is 292MB in size,
uncompressed. Compressed file is 15MB.
Sample XML
XML Data Elements
DTD files
Descriptor DTD
Qualifier DTD
SCR DTD
About XML MeSH
Conversion Table
Conversion from ASCII MeSH format to XML
Introduction to XML MeSH
2014 MeSH in ASCII format. MeSH descriptors and qualifiers, and
Supplementary Concept Records (formerly Supplementary Chemical Records),
in ASCII format. Files are updated weekly. The descriptor file is 28MB in
size and may take more than 30 minutes to download using a connection 2400
bps or slower. Postings data in descriptor and qualifier records reflect
updates in citation files through the October, 2000 entry month.
Note that subfield separator for descriptor entry terms has been changed
from a colon to a bar (|) in order to make it easier to parse terms
containing colons.
Sample Text
About ASCII MeSH
2014 MeSH Trees. MeSH main headings with the tree numbers that place the
heading in a hierarchical arrangement. Sorted by tree number. ASCII
format. [2.1MB]
Sample Text
About MeSH Trees
2014 MeSH in MARC format. MeSH vocabulary data in the USMARC authority
format.
These files are also available for 2014 MeSH:
Pharmacologic Actions - 2014.
Substances with a given Pharmacologic Action - 2014
Sample XML, DTD
About Pharmacologic Action files
New Headings with Scope Notes - 2014. Main headings that are new for 2014
with scope notes (definitions), cross-references, and other information.
MeSH Replaced Headings - 2014. Main headings that have changed form for
2014 or have been deleted.
2014 Descriptors - preferred term only
MeSH MN (tree number) Changes - 2014. Main headings in which there has
been a change in the MN (MeSH tree Number) for 2014.
2013 MeSH in XML format. MeSH descriptors and qualifiers, and
Supplementary Concept Records (formerly Supplementary Chemical Records) in
XML format. Files are updated weekly. Supplementary records are compatible
with 2013 MeSH descriptors. Descriptor file is 292MB in size,
uncompressed. Compressed file is 15MB.
Sample XML
XML Data Elements
DTD files
Descriptor DTD
Qualifier DTD
SCR DTD
About XML MeSH
Conversion Table
Conversion from ASCII MeSH format to XML
Introduction to XML MeSH
2013 MeSH in ASCII format. MeSH descriptors and qualifiers, and
Supplementary Concept Records (formerly Supplementary Chemical Records),
in ASCII format. Files are updated weekly. The descriptor file is 28MB in
size and may take more than 30 minutes to download using a connection 2400
bps or slower. Postings data in descriptor and qualifier records reflect
updates in citation files through the October, 2000 entry month.
Note that subfield separator for descriptor entry terms has been changed
from a colon to a bar (|) in order to make it easier to parse terms
containing colons.
Sample Text
About ASCII MeSH
2013 MeSH Trees. MeSH main headings with the tree numbers that place the
heading in a hierarchical arrangement. Sorted by tree number. ASCII
format. [2.1MB]
Sample Text
About MeSH Trees
2013 MeSH in MARC format. MeSH vocabulary data in the USMARC authority
format.
This file is also available for 2013 MeSH:
Substances with a given Pharmacologic Action - 2013.
2012 MeSH
2012 MeSH in MARC format. MeSH vocabulary data in the USMARC authority
format.
2004 MeSH
2004 MeSH files for TREC (Text REtrieval Conference) Genomics track. For
use by the TREC community with the 2004 MEDLINE/PubMed Baseline.
MeSH ELHILL Format Document (PDF format): This is a description of the
MeSH data elements in the ELHILL Unit Record Format (EURF), NLM's former
format for distributing MeSH on tape. Most elements are common to both the
ASCII and EURF MeSH formats and so the description of MeSH data in the EUR
format may be of interest to those downloading the ASCII MeSH files from
the Web.
For questions concerning distribution, format, etc., contact:
Jacque-Lynne Schulman
Medical Subject Headings
Telephone: 301-496-1495; FAX: 301-402-2002
email: schulman@xxxxxxxxxxx
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