The NMAP subject gateway (http://nmap.ac.uk) was launched April 2001
and provides FREE access to evaluated, quality Internet resources
aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners in the
fields of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied health Professions. NMAP is
part of the BIOME service (http://biome.ac.uk), which comprises six
subject gateways covering the field of health and life sciences, and
is freely available to anyone with Internet access. NMAP is provided
by a team of information professionals and subject specialists,
including partners from the CSP, RCM, RCN, and University of the
West of England, with the core team based at the University of
Nottingham.

The NMAP database currently holds more than 3000 records, which may
be searched by keyword or browsed by MeSH and RCN thesaurus terms or
National Library of Medicine subject headings. In addition, the NMAP
homepage provides access to two free tutorials from the Virtual
Training Suite (http://www.vts.rdn.sc.uk/). The `Internet for
Allied Health' and `Internet for Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Visiting' tutorials were written by members of the NMAP team, and
are designed to teach internet information seeking skills to
students, lecturers and practitioners of these professions, and to
identify some key resources in these fields.

Recent developments – new advanced search features and FREE NMAP
search box

In response to user feedback and increasing usage of the service,
BIOME recently introduced a number of changes to its search
interface. New features include the ability to carry out wildcard
searching and the ability to sort results by a range of options. A
new content management system has also been introduced, enabling
greater accessibility, sharing and integration with other
information tools. As a result the NMAP team can now offer a FREE
NMAP Search Box http://nmap.ac.uk/searchbox.html, easily installed
and enabling direct access to the NMAP database from your Web site.

Further information about the NMAP service is available from
http://nmap.ac.uk/about/, and details of how to include a link to
NMAP from your own Web site can be found at
http://nmap.ac.uk/about/contribute.html#link We welcome feedback and
suggestions for inclusions in the NMAP database, and users can
submit details of quality resources they would like to see added by
following the `Submit' link from the homepage.

We also have a range of FREE promotional materials available,
including NMAP leaflets, NMAP posters, and an `Internet Resources
for Health and Medicine' booklet, which identifies a selection of
key resources in the field. If you would like any of our promotional
materials please contact leaflets@...