HEALTH FORUM

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@omni.ac.uk