NMAP - evaluated resources in the fields of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health

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 [log in to unmask] 


Nicola Smart
BIOME Service Officer
Greenfield Medical Library
QMC
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
0115 9249924 Ext. 42050

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