1. RSS F EEDS Greg Vogl, Research and Development Services Colorado State University Libraries December 9, 2008

2. O UTLINE What is an RSS Feed? Feed Reader Software Subscribing to Feeds Reading Feeds Finding Feeds Library-Related Feeds 12/9/2008 2 RSS Feeds by Greg Vogl, CSU Libraries

3. W HAT IS AN RSS F EED ? RSS= Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary RSS is a web format for publishing frequently updated content Often used for news and blog entries File format is XML A feed is an RSS document for one news source Includes article text (full or summary) and metadata http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_feed 12/9/2008 3 RSS Feeds by Greg Vogl, CSU Libraries

4. F EED R EADER S OFTWARE Web Browsers IE7, Firefox, Safari (folders in Favorites or Bookmarks) CSU Libraries Toolbar Information for You pages and LibGuides Information for You pagesLibGuides Email Clients Outlook 2007 (RSS Feeds folder in Mailbox) Web-Based Software Google Reader, Bloglines, My Yahoo! Google ReaderBloglinesMy Yahoo! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_feed_aggregators 12/9/2008 4 RSS Feeds by Greg Vogl, CSU Libraries

5. S UBSCRIBING TO F EEDS Find RSS links in Web pages Web browsers: click RSS links, Subscribe Other readers: copy RSS links to paste later Outlook: right-click RSS Feeds, click Add a New RSS Feed Google Reader: click Add Subscription My Yahoo!: click Add Content, Add RSS Feed 12/9/2008 5 RSS Feeds by Greg Vogl, CSU Libraries

6. R EADING F EEDS Web Browsers: bookmarks/favorites Outlook: RSS Feeds folder Similar to reading email Mark all entries as read Organize feeds into folders Save and email entries 12/9/2008 6 RSS Feeds by Greg Vogl, CSU Libraries

7. F INDING F EEDS Browse and search features of readers like Google Reader, Bloglines, My Yahoo! Specific news sources (newspapers, journals, blogs, podcasts) – look for RSS icon 12/9/2008 7 RSS Feeds by Greg Vogl, CSU Libraries

8. L IBRARY -R ELATED F EEDS http://lib.colostate.edu/about/news/feeds.html Library blogs and news CSU news and events RSS feed link on catalog search results in Discovery RSS link on most CSU Libraries Web pages New books lists e.g. AlabamaAlabama DatabasesDatabases saved searches e.g. Web of ScienceWeb of Science Journal contents e.g. ChicagoChicago 12/9/2008 8 RSS Feeds by Greg Vogl, CSU Libraries