About the MeSH information and retrieval query language in the area of activity of Polish academic libraries of medical universities

Abstract

The article presents the history of MeSH, the information and retrieval query language in Poland, in the context of cooperation between academic medical libraries. It also discusses the role of the Central Medical Library in the implementation of medical subject headings. Particular attention was focused on an attempt to explain the reason for the functioning of two Polish-language versions of the file, which are translations of the American version of MeSH’s Medical Subject Headings run by U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Keywords

• medical subject headings
• mesh
• medical libraries
• cooperative behavior