How Do I Use RSS Feeds?
To use RSS feeds, you will need a piece of software known as an RSS reader or aggregator. The reader automatically gathers RSS feeds from all of your selected online publications, and makes them available to you in one place, either on a website or in your email.
As new issues of journals or individual news articles are published, the RSS reader will automatically download details via RSS and will alert you that a new issue is available online.
Some commonly used RSS readers:
- Google Reader
- My Yahoo!
- NewsGator
- Bloglines
- Feed Reader
- Sage (for Firefox)
- More
Publisher Alerts and Feeds
How to Add an RSS Feed Tutorial
What Are RSS Feeds?
RSS (Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers, like article databases and journal publishers, syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whomever wants it.
How Do I Add a Feed to My Reader?
It depends on your RSS reader, but here is a general procedure.
- Click on the icon of the RSS feed that interests you. Icons may look like
or 
- Copy the URL of the page that opens.
- Open up your newsreader software and paste that URL into the appropriate place. Using Bloglines software as an example, click "add" and a window will open. Paste the RSS URL into the box. Click "subscribe." Choose your options and then click "subscribe" again.
- The new feed will appear under "My Feeds"
- Click on any headline, and the story will appear in your Bloglines webpage
How to Get a News Reader Tutorial
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