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Keeping Current: My NCBI Ovid AutoAlerts InfoPoems BMJ Updates RSS Feeds Connotea From your library liaison, Marilyn Rosen May 2007. My NCBI-Email Table of Contents of Journals. Science Direct – Email Table of Contents. HighWire Press – Email Table of Contents. Daily POEMS.
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Keeping Current: • My NCBI • Ovid AutoAlerts • InfoPoems • BMJ Updates • RSS Feeds • Connotea • From your library liaison, • Marilyn Rosen • May 2007
What is RSS? • Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary • Content can be delivered without cluttering your email inbox • Avoid conventional searching or browsing websites • Written in internet coding language XML (Extensible Markup Language) • Makes anything on the web “subscribable”. • Need an RSS reader to read an RSS feed
What is an RSS Reader? Small software program that collects and displays RSS feeds. We recommend: • Onfolio • Google Reader • Refworks
Recommended RSS Readers • Onfolio (www.onfolio.com) • Free • Browser based • Must be downloaded & installed in Internet Explorer • Feeds delivered to single computer • Many bells & whistles (reading lists, folders, etc.)
Recommended RSS Readers • Google Reader (www.google.com/reader) • Free • No installation required • Not browser-based; must login to web site to view feeds • Web-based; can access your account from any computer
Recommended RSS Readers • RefWorks • Useful if you use RefWorks already • Web-based • You can import data into your RefWorks database
What is Social Bookmarking? • Web based bookmarks, instead of computer-based • Can help you manage and organize information • Easy to share with others
Recommended Tool - Connotea • Geared towards the scientist • Created and operated by Nature Publishing • Easy to share your library with others
I hope you all know how to reach me by now: Marilyn_Rosen@urmc.rochester.edu 275-6940 Thank you!