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Really Simple Syndication

  • Organize and expedite your web reading.
  • You might have heard the term "RSS feed."
  • Think of a news feed - items of news and information flowing to you.
  • An application that allows you to browse a bunch of RSS feeds is called an "RSS reader" or a "feed reader."

Google Reader is one such application. It's web-based, so you'll be able to get to your feeds from any computer with a web browser connected to the Internet.

Feedburner.com will help you track your school's RSS feeds.

Custom News Alerts via RSS

  • Create custom alerts from news services like Google News then read them in your feed reader

Simply type a term into news.google.com


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There will be an RSS link in the left column; pull this into your feed reader

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Who's publishing RSS?

Directory of 1000+ feeds directly from colleges and universities


Updates through Peterson's








Additional web-based RSS readers




Sage plug-in for the Firefox Browser (available Mac and PC) is a feed reader that lets you browse lots of feeds from within your Firefox browser.

  • Great way to browse blogs

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  • Click only on articles of interest; ignore the rest

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  • Get feeds from global and industry news sites, too

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Find the University Business RSS feed on this page (little orange icon):

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The pull it into your feed reader.

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