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Embrace RSS: Simplify Content Aggregation and Stay Informed

Discover the power of RSS feeds in this detailed guide. Learn how to passively receive new content, save time, avoid spam, and stay organized. Explore popular RSS readers, educational uses, and find helpful tips to enhance your online experience. Contact Rachel Hyland for personalized assistance.

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Embrace RSS: Simplify Content Aggregation and Stay Informed

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  1. RSS What can it do for you? Rachel HylandSystems Librarian Image credit: 13.c

  2. RSS ? Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication

  3. What are RSS feeds? • RSS feeds provide a way for you to passively receive newly released content such as text, web pages, sound files, or other media.

  4. RSS – Two Parts • Feeds – These are the actual content items that are produced by web authors. These could be taken from blogs, journals, news sites, etc. • Aggregators/Readers – An aggregator is a program or site that collects the feeds for reading. Aggregators can be installed as stand-alone programs, or they can be web-based.

  5. Who is generating RSS feeds? Just about everyone on the Web… Blogs Podcasts The Weather Channel, The Food Network Library Subscription Databases-Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Gale Power Search Major news outlets: CNN, ABC, Fox News, MSNBC Newspapers, Magazines and Journals iTunes???

  6. Advantages of RSS • By using an aggregator, you can read feeds from multiple websites in one location. • No SPAM! • No Pop-Ups! • Most blogs now have feeds, and more journals and news sites are adding them. • Organization!

  7. What to look for • Here are a few symbols to look for on a web page to see if it offers RSS feeds

  8. S u b S c r i b e

  9. How is this helpful? • Time Saver • Eliminates some need for email and spam • Targeted content for classes or interests • Tool for teaching information literacy?

  10. RSS Readers/Aggregators RSS readers enable you to collect and display RSS feeds. By automatically retrieving updates, you get new content as it is posted!

  11. Educational Uses • Add a feed to your VISTA shell for reference material, additional readings • Keep track of research articles • Automatically run favorite searches • Create a dynamic visual collection of information sources on a topic

  12. RSS Google Reader: http://www.google.com/reader Pageflakes: http://www.pageflakes.com/Netvibes: http://www.netvibes.com iGoogle Page MyYahoo IE 7 and Firefox toolbars

  13. Thank You! Please contact me for a one-on-one session to add RSS to your classes or personal routine. Questions, Answers, Ideas? rhyland@txcc.commnet.edu860/255-3787

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