Searching with MeSH

Having  now identified our major concepts we can translate some of these terms into Medline

Let's start with looking at depression

• Go to http://sahealthlibrary.sa.gov.au

• Click on the Resources tab in the toolbar and select  databases and eResources

• Find Medline (Ovid) under 'M'

• In the Medline search box type the word depression

You will be taken to a list of Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) that Medline thinks fit your topic

These are only suggested terms and may not be correct for your topic.  To check, click on the information logo (scope note) to see a  detailed description

• Click on the information symbol for the first result

You can see here that this heading refers to the emotion of depression and not to the medical disorder, which is indexed as depressive disorder

• Click on the Search tab on the top left of the page to return to the home screen

• Type depressive disorder into the search box

You can check the scope note (information logo)  to check you now have the right heading

• Tick the select box

• Tick the Explode button (this will then also include narrower forms of this topic)

• Tick Include All Subheadings

• Tick Continue

• Repeat this process for your other 2 concepts of older adults and exercise

You should now see something similar to the search below