This tutorial was developed by the Saint Louis University Medical Center Library (MCL), for first year medical students attending the School of Medicine at Saint Louis University (SLU).

To work through the whole tutorial from top to bottom just follow the "Next" button at the bottom of the page and the instructions within the text. If you want to skip from one section to another, simply choose a section from the list on the left side of the screen. However, quiz questions and the final exam is taken from anywhere in the tutorial.

In HIR, emphasis will be given to the use of the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). Developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), MeSH is a distinctive feature of the MEDLINE database, making it the most efficient technique for searching MEDLINE.

At some points you will be able to interact with the content on the page, which will be denoted by the presence of a green box with instructions, like the one here.

Now click on the History tab above to access the History page search box

In addition, at various points red boxes will be present to indicate explanatory text, like this:

Linked MeSH terms, used to label and index article citations, are displayed along with other labels.

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