adding more documentation

andreasprlic · andreasprlic · commit d5a6c3535bf0 · 2013-04-27T22:17:14.000-07:00
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
@@ -6,5 +6,36 @@ BioJava is licensed under LGPL 2.1.
 
 Please visit our [homepage](http://www.biojava.org/).
 
+### Documentation
+
+The [BioJava Cookbook](http://biojava.org/wiki/BioJava:CookBook) is a collection of simple examples that teach the basics for how to work with BioJava.
+
+### Maven Repository
+
+The [Maven Repository](http://biojava.org/download/maven/) contains the jars of all releases, as well as SNAPSHOT builds of the latest code base.
+
+### Quick Installation
+
+If you are using Maven you can add the BioJava repository by adding the following XML to your project pom.xml file:
+
+``` 
+    <repositories>
+      <repository>
+        <id>biojava-maven-repo</id>
+        <name>BioJava repository</name>
+        <url>http://www.biojava.org/download/maven/</url>			
+      </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.biojava</groupId>
+        <artifactId>biojava3-core</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.5</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <!-- other biojava jars as needed -->
+    </dependencies>
+```
 ### Build Status
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/biojava/biojava.png)](https://travis-ci.org/biojava/biojava)
+
