diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3b8d84b..8214290 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ information from the loaded data to handle batch effects and confounding factors
 metadata, and labels.
 
 🧬 **Integration with datasets library**: BioSets builds on the `datasets` library's
-functionality. Note that if `path` is not a value found in `biosets.list_experiments()`,
-it acts like Huggingface's `datasets` library.
+functionality. Note that if `path` is not a value found in
+`biosets.list_experiment_types()`, it acts like Huggingface's `datasets` library.
 
 ## Getting Started
 
diff --git a/src/biosets/__init__.py b/src/biosets/__init__.py
index 9609491..b96306e 100644
--- a/src/biosets/__init__.py
+++ b/src/biosets/__init__.py
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@
     decode,
 )
 from .load import load_dataset, concatenate_datasets, load_from_disk
+from .packaged_modules import list_experiment_types
diff --git a/src/biosets/packaged_modules/__init__.py b/src/biosets/packaged_modules/__init__.py
index 1381bdb..3816691 100644
--- a/src/biosets/packaged_modules/__init__.py
+++ b/src/biosets/packaged_modules/__init__.py
@@ -100,3 +100,15 @@
     "rna": "rna-seq",
     "asv": "otu",  # we are not treating ASV as a separate dataset type currently
 }
+
+
+def list_experiment_types(experiment_type=None):
+    if experiment_type is not None:
+        if experiment_type in DATASET_NAME_TO_OMIC_TYPE:
+            return list(DATASET_NAME_TO_OMIC_TYPE[experiment_type])
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Invalid experiment type: {experiment_type}. "
+                f"Valid experiment types are: {list(DATASET_NAME_TO_OMIC_TYPE.keys())}"
+            )
+    return sorted(list(DATASET_NAME_TO_OMIC_TYPE.keys()))