RSS feeds for Fun, Research and Education

 

 

RSS feeds are: Short News messages

                                                           (with links to the complete articles)

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From Sources/Subjects selected by you

	http://www.springerlink.com/content/0039-7857?sortorder=asc&export=rss http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/rss/journal/117990183 http://mind.oxfordjournals.org/rss/ahead.xml http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/rss/journal/117982766

That can be read Offline or Online

 

 

--> On a PC or Laptop while:

                                                                                o Working

 

 

-->On a Tablet / iPhone / Android / PocketPC while:

o Waiting (Hospital / Meetings / Hotel)

o Travelling (Traffic jam / Public transport)

 

 

 

Examples of RSS readers on Mobile Devices

 

How to start:

On your PC or Laptop, go to http://reader.google.com and create a login (if you do not already have a Google account) and start collecting and reading your RSS-feeds here.

On iPhone or Android phone, download and install Pulse RSS reader http://technology-headlines.com/2010/11/16/1832/ . With Pulse RSS reader you can choose from the RSS feeds you have collected in http://reader.google.com .

Finding RSS Feeds

 

1. On a web site:

Look for an orange button such as, or

2. Search Google -Fe. "hydrology RSS"

3. Search within Google Reader for feeds other users are reading.

 

Why should you use RSS?

(from http://libguides.mit.edu/rss )

RSS feeds and email alerts can help you find out about new literature in your field, such as:

• table of contents from new issues of your favorite journal
• new articles on your specific research topic
• new books in your field in the MIT Libraries
• new patents in specific technology areas of interest to you
• news in science, technology, business, health, etc. from Google, New York Times, BBC, etc.

 

Links about RSS:

http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/how/rss.htm

http://libguides.mit.edu/rss

http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=30947&sid=229231

http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/whatisrss.html

 

Links to RSS feeds:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=rss

http://www.elsevier.nl/web/Service/RSS.htm

http://www.water.org.uk/home/rss

 

Links to RSS feeds collected by IEE http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/es/whatisrss.html

• GooRSS — Google + RSS by Google.Com
• Google's RSS feeds — search general categories
• RSS Watcher — searches RSS Feeds for your keywords
• RSS Feed Finder — keyword search
• New Scientist RSS Feeds — latest developments in science and technology
• Nooked Search — keyword search and category listings
• Moreover Technologies — search by categories
• NewsIsFree — huge library, search by category
• Yahoo's RSS feeds — search by category
• ProQuest — Scroll down to find the list of RSS feeds. This is a good site for administrators.

Here are a few ENGINEERING-related RSS news feeds:

• Engineer Village 2 — Provides weekly RSS feeds of search queries. This site seems to require a fee after a free-trial period.
• New York Times — Science and Technology feeds are very general in nature.
• Physics Today — click the icon on the page
• Science Magazine — select a category then click on the icon of your choice
• U.S. Government RSS Library — do not click on the XML icon, drill down until you have a *.rss or *.xml web page
• Institute of Physics News — general Physics info and news