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IR 306: US- Central American Relations. Please sit with your chosen task force Please go to http://libguides.sfsu.edu/ir306 Signing into your IR 306 ilearn course site might help too. Country + Task Force: Use iLearn. Workshop Tasks . Set up your RSS feed reader.
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IR 306: US- Central American Relations • Please sit with your chosen task force • Please go to http://libguides.sfsu.edu/ir306 • Signing into your IR 306 ilearn course site might help too.
Workshop Tasks • Set up your RSS feed reader. • RSS Feeds from the IR 306 Starter pack (http://libguides.sfsu.edu/ir306). • Add the Tico Times RSS feed. • Star news headlines in your feed reader. • Add news sources from your country. • Find feeds available through Library databases and add them to your feed reader.
RSS in Plain English http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
Browsing = Active + Undirected Leisa Thompson | The Ann Arbor News, http://www.mlive.com/annarbornews/business/index.ssf/2008/11/borders_decision_not_to_sell_i.html
“Being Aware” = Passive + Undirected If you are always signed into facebook
Social News Sites MONITORING? …… OR…………. “BEING AWARE”……….? Your “friends” decide what you read, and where it should come from. Stories and news can appear in any shared space online (Facebook, etc.) • You choose the “content providers” • Your “friends” • Those you follow on Twitter, etc. • You “follow” people and their stories when you are online
Library Database Feeds EbscoHost Proquest RSS feed links to results pages Email Alerts EIU Viewswire OxResearch ABI/Inform Global or ABI/Inform Complete Proquest Newsstand • Better display of results in RSS feed reader • Email Alerts • Country reports fromBusiness Source Complete • Subject searching from Academic Search Complete • GalleryWatch CRS Reports