MSU Library RSS Feeds

Available MSU Library Feeds:

•    News: Current news at the library.
•    Spotlight: Items currently featured on the library's Spotlight Page.
•    Research Guides: Recently updated research guides.
•    Workshop/Events: Today's library workshops and events.
•    New Materials

 

 

What is RSS?

RSS is a format used to syndicate newly posted online content. After subscribing to a news reader/feed aggregator, you can use RSS Feeds to automatically receive online information including news items, tables of contents, short summaries, blog postings, links to full-text articles, and much more. Web sites that provide RSS Feeds indicate their availability by displaying one of these icons  and   and   . 

 

 

How does this help me?
RSS Feeds will...

• Tell you what is new on your favorite web site
• Assist you in keeping up with the latest developments in your area of study
• Keep you informed of new articles by select publishers
• Keep you up to date with local and international news
• Save you time!

 

 

How do I read RSS Feeds?
To begin utilizing RSS Feeds, you need a news reader.

News Readers:

There are two types of news readers: Local (on your computer) and Web-based.

Local:

• SharpReader
• RssReader

Web-based:

• Bloglines
• NewsGator

Subscribe to your favorite RSS feeds by right-clicking on the icon  and  or  , copying the shortcut and pasting it into your RSS reader.

 

 

What other information resources have RSS Feeds? Many online journals provide RSS feeds as a means of providing researchers with the latest tables of contents (TOCs) of their journals. (Below is a list of some online journals that provide RSS feeds.)

• American Chemical Society
• arXiv
• BioMed Central
• Blackwell Synergy
• Engineering Village 2
• HighWire Press
• IEEE Xplore
• Institute of Physics
• Nature Publishing Group
• Oxford University Press
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses - Full - Text
• PsyscARTICLES
• Royal Society of Chemistry
• SAGE Publications
• Science