Boulder Labs Library News Feed

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RSS - "pronounced 'arr-ess-ess', is a family of XML file formats for web syndication used by news websites and weblogs..." (more)

Why Use RSS?

RSS feeds bring automatically updated information straight to your desktop. You can monitor news, blogs, job listings, personals, and classifieds.

"An RSS file is a simple structured list of headlines or article titles or events encoded so that it can be easily used by another program called a "news aggregator" or "news reader". These programs allow users to read headlines or events from dozens or hundreds of aggregated news sites at one time." Source: http://rss.userland.com/

How To Use RSS

Step 1 Choose or Install a Feed Reader / Aggregator

Step 2 Search For Feeds / Blogs & Add To Your Reader

Alertle - online Awasu - Windows BottomFeeder - Linux, Mac, Windows, Solaris and more Google Reader - online / web based Liferea - Linux NetNewsWire - Mac OS X RssReader - Windows SharpReader - Windows Straw - Linux Free Readers from Download.com: Windows / Mac Bloglines - online / web based NewsGator - online / web based NOTE: Windows users may need to install Microsoft .NET Framework Redistributable 1.1 before installing news reader software

Blogs and RSS Search Engines - Fagan Finder Feedage Feedster: RSS search engine Google Blog Search Syndic8.com - over 4500 news feeds Waypath: Blog Discovery Engine Holovaty - build custom RSS channels Feedity - generates feeds from any web site, regardless of whether they have RSS

How To Find & Add Feeds

The web sites you visit regularly may have an RSS feed. Look near the sidebar menus (usually on the left or right sides) and the footer. RSS feeds are often linked with an small icon like these: . There are also variations on the name: RSS, RSS2, XML, RDF, Atom (another standard). Here's an example for the Boulder Labs Library News when you click on the RSS link : Copy the URL or web page location that appears in the browser's Address Bar (see image on right) (http://library.bldrdoc.gov/news.xml) Paste or type the URL into the feed aggregator's 'Add New' section, which will translate RSS into readable headlines. If you're still unsure or if you have any questions, please contact Heather (x5565 / Heather.McCullough@noaa.gov), who will be happy to walk through each step with you.

Selected RSS sites

• BBC: Science News
• Intute - by Subject
• National Weather Service - forecasts, watch/warnings, current observations, tropical cyclone advisories, Storm Prediction Center forecasts. See also: Disseminating NWS Watches and Warnings Using the XML Based RSS and CAP Formats (PDF)
• Nature Magazine: News
• ScienceDaily Headlines
• Science Magazine
• US Goverment RSS Library
• RSS feeds for Journal Tables of Contents

More on RSS

• Non Technical Explanation of RSS
• RSS Compendium - information about RSS readers, resources, tools, etc.
• RSS Quickstart Guide
• UserLand RSS Central
• WebReference: RSS - articles, tutorials, software & tools, specifications, validators, etc.
• Google Directory: RSS
• RSS in Government

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