Feed me! Using RSS & web tools Helen Curtis and Jo Alcock Learning and Information Services

Session Aims About you Introduction to RSS feeds Using a feed reader Finding useful feeds in your subject area Bookmarking, tagging, and sharing items

About you

Introduction to RSS feeds

Using a feed reader

Finding useful feeds in your subject area

Bookmarking, tagging, and sharing items

What is RSS? RSS = Really Simple Syndication RSS enables you to subscribe to many web sources so that updated information comes directly to you. www.commoncraft.com

RSS = Really Simple Syndication

RSS enables you to subscribe to many web sources so that updated information comes directly to you.

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How does RSS work?

Feed readers – web-based Allow you to check RSS feeds from any computer with internet connection Use browser to check for new items Greater social options for sharing

Allow you to check RSS feeds from any computer with internet connection

Use browser to check for new items

Greater social options for sharing

Feed readers - desktop Linked to a particular computer allowing offline access Use desktop software to check for new items Greater customisation options NetNewsWire

Linked to a particular computer allowing offline access

Use desktop software to check for new items

Greater customisation options

Finding useful RSS feeds Latest news feeds Publisher or bookseller feeds New books or research papers Most read or most cited publications Journal feeds – Table of Contents (TOC) Saved searches from online databases New blog posts or updated websites Favourite user’s bookmarks, articles or photos

Latest news feeds

Publisher or bookseller feeds

New books or research papers

Most read or most cited publications

Journal feeds – Table of Contents (TOC)

Saved searches from online databases

New blog posts or updated websites

Favourite user’s bookmarks, articles or photos

Journal Feeds: ticTOCs ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service Search for journals in your subject area View citations and links to full text (where subscription allows) Export to a feed reader

ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service

Search for journals in your subject area

View citations and links to full text (where subscription allows)

Export to a feed reader

Journal Feeds: Zetoc Large research database from the British Library Indexes over 20,000 journals & 16,000 conference papers Zetoc Alert TOC Alert Subject Alert – alerted to articles that match your search criteria

Large research database from the British Library

Indexes over 20,000 journals & 16,000 conference papers

Zetoc Alert

TOC Alert

Subject Alert – alerted to articles

that match your search criteria

Saved Searches and Alerts Set search terms and feed will update with new content that matches Citation feed that will update when an article you are interested in is cited Online database examples Ebsco, Science Direct, Web of Science Google alerts

Set search terms and feed will update with new content that matches

Citation feed that will update when an article you are interested in is cited

Online database examples

Ebsco, Science Direct, Web of Science

Google alerts

Bookmarking, Tagging, & Sharing Bookmarking: saving (mostly) favourite web links Tagging: your descriptive words to help locate links again Sharing: with students, colleagues, research partners

Bookmarking: saving (mostly) favourite web links

Tagging: your descriptive words to help locate links again

Sharing: with students, colleagues, research partners

See what we have tagged and shared with you at: http://delicious.com/tag/wlvrss

See what we have tagged and shared with you at:

http://delicious.com/tag/wlvrss

Contact us Helen Curtis Academic Resources Librarian Ext. 3561 [email_address] @ helencurtis Jo Alcock Resources Librarian Ext. 3273 [email_address] @ joeyanne

Helen Curtis

Academic Resources Librarian

Ext. 3561

[email_address]

@ helencurtis

Jo Alcock

Resources Librarian

Ext. 3273

[email_address]

@ joeyanne