Research guides: UTSC Sandbox: RSS

What is an RSS Feed?

RSS stands for Real Simple Syndication. RSS feeds allow you to pull in contiuously updating content from a variety of sources. This can include news feeds from newspapers or websites, new results for searches conducted in academic databases or the library catalogue and many other sources. You can use many different tools to organize, keep track of and read the content from you RSS feeds. Please see the boxes on this page for more details.

Tracking and Reading your RSS Feeds

Desktop users can try something like FeedDemon or even Outlook.

Feeddler
iOS
Flipboard
iOS/Android. Flipboard turns your RSS feeds into a virtual magazine.
Feedly
iOS/Android/Web
NewsBlur
iOS/Android/Web - looks and feels a bit more like a desktop reader
The Old Reader
Web
Digg Reader
Web

Embedding RSS Feeds

How to Design a Libguide: RSS and Podcasts
A detailed blogpost on how to add RSS feeds to your Libguide.
Springshare support for RSS Feeds
Instructions for Springshare on embedding RSS feeds into a Libguide.

Creating RSS and Alerts Feeds

Stay informed on new developments by creating RSS feeds or alerts for literature searches and/or authors in your field.

RSS Feeds for Web of Science
Instructions for setting up RSS feeds for searches run in Web of Science.
Sciverse/Scopus RSS Feeds
Instructions for setting up RSS feeds for searches run in Sciverse/Scopus.
Engineering Village Features & Funcationality Video Tutorial (Download)
Video instructions including how to set up RSS feeds for searches run in Engineering Village.
Proquest RSS Feeds
Instructions for setting up RSS feeds for searches run in Proquest databases.
EBSCO RSS Feeds
Instructions for setting up RSS feeds for searches run in EBSCO databases.
Wilson Web RSS Feeds
Instructions for setting up RSS feeds for searches run in Wilson Web databases.
Google Scholar
Instructions for setting up email alerts for anyone with a Google Scholar profile.

Citation Alerting: Web of Knowledge

Additional Links

ORCID
Different stakeholders in the scholarly communication ecosystem have come together to establish an international, interdiscipinary, and not-for-profit organization: Open Researcher & Contributor ID.
Researcher ID
Researcher ID is a unique identifier that can be used to the locate and track an individual researcher's work.
Web of Knowledge Recorded Sessions
Video tutorials exploring a range features for Web of Knowledge and related products.
Engineering Village Training Videos
Video tutorials that demonstrate a range of Engineering Village features.