RSS in Plain English
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RSS Feeds
RSS Readers/Aggregators
- Browser-based:
- Google Reader (also for iPhone and Android)
- Bloglines
- Feedlooks
- "Portal" type readers
- Desktop client:
- FeedDemon (Windows)
- FeedReader (Windows)
- NetNewsWire (for Mac, iPad & iPhone)
- Outlook 2007 now supports RSS feeds
- Live bookmarks:
Some good places to find feeds:
- ticTOCs Journal Table of Contents Services - find RSS feeds for scholarly journal tables of contents and stay up to date with your professional literature.
- Sign up for an RSS feed alert for a saved search within popular scholarly databases.
- Baylor Library New Materials RSS Feeds
- Grab an RSS feed of any Flickr tag
- Send a Google Search Alert to an RSS feed
Other Uses for RSS
RSS is not limited to delivering the news. Any sort of data that can be broken down and organized with a list can be gotten via RSS. Examples:
- Airline delays
- Real Estate listings - many real estate companies or MLS listing sites provide RSS feeds for customized searches.
- UPS Tracking
- Sports scores
- Weather updates
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