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research help: rss feeds
RSS Feeds
There is so much information available on the web, that it seems
simply impossible to keep up. Well, imagine this:
What if, instead of you going out and surfing the web, new content
on your favorite websites came to you, just like an email?
It can, through a technology called RSS.
The Duggan Library has begun offering RSS feeds to users who wish
to be alerted of new content at the Library, and many of your favorite
news sites and blogs offer RSS as well.
What is RSS?
RSS (which stands for "Rich Site Syndication" or "Really Simple
Syndication") is a technology developed for active sharing of content
on the web. An RSS feed pushed content from a website to you, via
a software program called an RSS Reader.
RSS Readers
RSS reader software may be web-based, or stand-alone. A web search
for "RSS readers" will give you many, many software options to choose
from. Most are free, and which you select is a matter of personal
preference. Two which you may consider are:
Google Reader: do you have a gmail account? If you do, you
already have access to Google Reader. Simply log in to your account,
go to http://www.google.com/Reader,
and input whatever subscriptions you would like.
SharpReader: SharpReader (available at http://www.sharpreader.net/)
is a stand-alone RSS aggregator that looks and functions very similarly
to the Microsoft Outlook interface.
Once you have your reader set up, then it is time to add subscriptions
to your reader.
RSS Subscriptions
An increasing number of websites offer RSS feeds. Most news sources
and blogs have feed capability. In order to subscribe to an RSS
feed, simply look for the RSS link or icon on your chosen website.
It may be linked under "RSS Information" or "Syndication Information"."
Below is an example of the standard RSS icon:
Once you have located the link, you will simply cut and paste the
URL for the feed into your reader's subscription file. The URL for
an RSS feed looks very much like a typical website URL, except the
extension will end in ".xml" and the feed itself will look like
web code. Your reader will handle translating the feed into a user-friendly
format.
Our Feeds
The Duggan Library is presently providing feeds for users wishing
to be alerted of newly cataloged items. The direct links for these
feeds are as follows:
All New Titles http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/hcp.xml
General,Reference, and Misc. http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/hap_gen.xml
Philosophy, Religion & Psychology http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/hap_prp.xml
Social Sciences http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/hap_soc.xml
Literature and Language http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/hap_litlang.xml
Natural Science & Mathematics http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/hap_sci.xml
Technology & Applied Sciences http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/hap_tech.xml
Fine Arts http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/hap_art.xml
History & Geography http://hickory.palni.edu:8080/rss/hap_hisgeo.xml
The Library also offers a feed of several governmental sources,
available at http://library.hanover.edu/rss.html.
updated 11 October 2006
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