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Keeping ahead in your field using RSS feeds

Keeping ahead in your field using RSS feeds. What is RSS?. “Really Simple Syndication” RSS delivers new content from websites or databases to you. Saves you time visiting websites and searching. . Look for the RSS icon. What can I get using RSS?. Websites – all sorts! Journals

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Keeping ahead in your field using RSS feeds

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  1. Keeping ahead in your field using RSS feeds

  2. What is RSS? • “Really Simple Syndication” • RSS delivers new content from websites or databases to you. • Saves you time visiting websites and searching.

  3. Look for the RSS icon

  4. What can I get using RSS? • Websites – all sorts! • Journals • Database feeds based on keyword search • Google alerts – automated google search • Social bookmarking / citation sharing sites • Generate feeds for sites that don’t have them.

  5. How do I get RSS feeds? You need an: • RSS feed • Feed reader: - web based you can get them from anywhere - Google reader (aggregator); Netvibes (AJAX) - Your Mobile

  6. Show me…. • Google reader: www.google.com/reader • Netvibes: http://www.netvibes.com/ Here is one I prepared earlier.. http://www.netvibes.com/whittybus#Demo_Feeds

  7. How do I add an RSS feed? • Click on RSS icon • Copy and paste into box indicated. • Watch! - Getting a feed from BBC news, Google alert, Pubmed and PsychINFO into Google reader and Netvibes.

  8. Time to start • Decide on your content: • How would you like to read your feeds? • Highly adaptable – easy to change. Avoid overload; delete if its no longer needed. • Create a free account for google reader / netvibes

  9. I’d like to know about your long-term use of RSS Sarah Whittaker Clinical Sciences Library, University of Leicester. srw9@le.ac.uk 0116 252 3101

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