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- Using controlled vocabulary terms will usually generate fewer and more relevant results. However, you must know the exact term/vocabulary to use. An example is provided below. Example Articles on cancer research can include terms like: tumour, cancer, or neoplasm. In Ovid MEDLINE, the controlled vocabulary for these terms is Neoplasms.
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Controlled terminologies and ontologies provide the underlying foundation for data integration, sharing and re-use, and knowledge management. This common vocabulary is an essential part of making data consistent and interoperable.
In Ovid MEDLINE, the controlled vocabulary for these terms is Neoplasms. By searching for Neoplasms you should retrieve all the articles where the author (s) used the terms tumour, cancer, or neoplasm (as long as they have been properly indexed).
4 days ago · The Cochrane Handbook, 4.4.4 suggests searches should comprise a combination of subject terms selected from the controlled vocabulary or thesaurus (‘exploded' where appropriate) with a wide range of free-text terms (see Step 3) in order to identify as many relevant records as possible searches.
- Michaela Venn
- 2018
4 days ago · Using controlled vocabulary terms in your search strategy allows you to locate citations no matter what term (s) an author does or does not use, and helps account for spelling variations and acronyms. Examples: PubMed's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH): "Renal Insufficiency, Chronic" Embase's Emtree: 'chronic kidney failure'
- Jaime Blanck
- 2017
This PIP Digest presents a glossary of selected terms relevant to cancer research. It is designed to help you understand terminology that you may encounter when attending cancer research conferences or reviewing scientific papers.
Oct 11, 2024 · Subject Headings are a standardized set of terms (called a controlled vocabulary) used to describe the content of a resource in a database. This is known as indexing. For example, abstracts on cancer research can include terms like: tumour, cancer, or neoplasm.
Oct 4, 2024 · To use controlled vocabulary, access a database and find the database’s thesaurus (also called its index, descriptors, subject terms, subject headings, or MeSH) and search within that thesaurus to find terms that represent your concept.
