RSS (aka Really Simple Syndication) and email alerts help you keep up to date with new information from all types of sources, including:

• news or announcements in health and medicine from media outlets or government sites
• table of contents (ToCs) from latest journal issues
• new journal articles on your research topic, based on personal searches in a specific database
• new books at the library

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RSS feeds publish frequently updated web content in a standardized XML format - you can subscribe to and manage these feeds with feed readers or aggregators. Some commonly used free (and freemium) feed readers are listed below:

These apps can be used to collect and read the latest news, articles, and more from your favourite journals, newspapers, and websites:

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Compiled by members of CHLA (Canadian Health Libraries Association), here is the list of top consumer health websites for 2014: