Keeping Current with Research Literature  

RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication (or Rich Site Summary).

RSS lets you stay up-to-date with websites that provide RSS feeds for their content. An RSS reader, or aggregator collects the info from the RSS feeds to which you subscribe, so you can browse the content without having to visit each website.

See video: RSS in Plain English from Common Craftshow (below)

Some Popular Web-based Readers:

Google Reader

Bloglines

Newsgator

My Yahoo

Some browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox offer integrated feed readers.

Sample RSS Feed Icons:

Click the RSS icon button, you'll often get two options:

One offers one click option to subscribe via your newsreader.

Another option will be a page with code.

Just copy the URL in the web address bar.

On your newsreader, look for a link that says 'Add subscription' or 'Add feed'

Paste the URL into the reader.

Find Blogs:

Technorati
Technorati tracks over 110 million blogs and provides a Blog directory to find blogs by subject.
Feed

Academic Blogs listed on the Chronicle of Higher Education's Chronicle Careers Section.

ScienceBlogs from Seed Magazine.

Some Temple Library Blogs:

Temple Libraries News blog
Feed

Temple Libraries Events blog
Feed

Compendex
You can subscribe via RSS to get weekly updates of your searches in Compendex. Feeds will include titles linked back to full content in Compendex. You can only link to the full content from on campus. If you are accessing the TU network through the proxy server you will not be able to connect to the full content. Up to 400 titles will be delivered with each update.

PubMed: My NCBI
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
The My NCBI service stores PubMed search strategies. Each time your return to My NCBI, you can scan recent articles on your topic. You can also have email alerts sent when new citations are available for your saved searches. To register, click My NCBI in the upper right hand corner of the PubMed home page. In order for you to use this feature your web browser must be set to accept cookies. For more information, read the My NCBI help section.

Web of Science. First search this database of over 7500 highly cited science and engineering journal titles. Then view Search History. Create email and RSS feeds of saved searches. Email alerts are sent weekly or monthly and must be renewed annually. You can also save a Cited Article and receive updates when the article has been cited.

CSA Databases. Search the CSA database of choice. On results screen, click on "Alert Me!" Login to MyResearch. Option of email and RSS feeds of saved searches.

Set up Table of Contents alerts to go directly to your email or get feeds to subscribe to via your RSS reader.

A Common Craftshow video by Lee and Sachi LeFever.

Save your resources in RefWorks.

Check out the New Book Lists in Diamond, the Library Catalog.

Tips:
If you find a good book, you can find more of the same by clicking on the subject headings assigned to that book.