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WHAT IS RSS? Ingrid Thomson UCT Libraries. What is RSS?. the solution to information overload a means to filter and customise content from the web without having to constantly go back and visit websites brings the information to you. What is RSS?. Useful if: you read news online
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WHAT IS RSS? Ingrid Thomson UCT Libraries
What is RSS? the solution to information overload a means to filter and customise content from the web without having to constantly go back and visit websites brings the information to you
What is RSS? Useful if: you read news online Have several websites including blogs you visit regularly journals in your field provides feeds to new issues as they are published
What is RSS? Acronym RDF Site Summary Rich Site Summary Really Simple Syndication Atom, XML, RDF, OPML
What is RSS? Need a RSS feed reader or aggregator to display the RSS content stand-alone readers which can be downloaded on to your desktop e.g. Newsgator, SharpReader, FeedDemon web-based readers e.g Bloglines, Yahoo, FeedReader, RssReader
What is RSS? A typical feed
What is RSS? Finding Feeds * use a search engine like Bloglines, Technorati or Google. On Yahoo, limit results to XML, or RDF or RSS file types Use Feedfinder to check the url Check the webpage itself.
What is RSS? List of electronic journals with RSS feeds: http://library.usask.ca/ejournals/rss_feeds.php List of publishers providing RSS feeds http://library.usask.ca/ejournals/rss_vendors.php
What is RSS? Yahoo is a web-based reader.
What is RSS? http://www.bloglines.com is a web-based reader