BIOME - A guide to internet resources in the health and life sciences

BIOME is a collection of gateways which provide access to evaluated, quality Internet resources in the health and life sciences, aimed at students, researchers, academics and practitioners. BIOME is created by a core team of information specialists and subject experts based at the University of Nottingham Greenfield Medical Library, in partnership with key organisations throughout the UK and further afield.

BIOME is a hub within the Resource Discovery Network (RDN) and is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).

The gateways in BIOME are free catalogue of hand-selected and evaluated Internet resources.

• OMNI - Internet resources in Health and Medicine.
• NMAP - Internet resources in Nursing, Midwifery and the Allied Health Professions.
• VetGate - Internet resources in Animal Health.
• BioResearch - Internet resources, covering the biological and biomedical sciences (biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, virology, biotechnology etc.).
• Natural Selection - Internet resources on the natural world, co-ordinated by The Natural History Museum, London.
• AgriFor - Internet resources in agriculture, food and forestry.