How
to get newsfeeds
by:
Sahyly Martinez, V.V. Librarian
Movie
version
- Why
use newsfeeds?
- If
your research topic is about something very recent and in the news, this is an
excellent way to keep up with developments. With a click, news on your topic will
come to your desktop.
- Let's
go to google.com
- Select
"News."
- Scroll
down.
- To find
out more about news feeds, click "about feeds."
- Page
"About Feeds and Terms of Use" opens.
- What
are feeds and how do I use them?
- A
feed is a regularly updated summary of web content, along with links to full versions
of that content. When you subscribe to a given website's feed by using a feed
reader, you'll receive a summary of new content from that website. Important:
you must use a feed reader in order to subscribe to website feeds. When you click
on an RSS or Atom feed link, your browser may display a page of unformatted gobbledygook.
- What
are RSS and Atom?
-
RSS and Atom are the two feed formats. Most feed readers support both formats.
Right now, Google News supports Atom 0.3 and RSS 2.0.
- How
do I use Google News feeds?
- To
access Google News feeds, look for the RSS | Atom links on any Google News page.
These links will generate a feed of current stories related to the page that you're
looking at.
- RSS
definition from Webopedia.internet.com
- Short
for RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary, an XML format for syndicating Web content.
A Web site that wants to allow other sites to publish some of its content creates
an RSS document and registers the document with an RSS publisher. A user that
can read RSS-distributed content can use the content on a different site. Syndicated
content includes such data as news feeds, events listings, news stories, headlines,
project updates, excerpts from discussion forums or even corporate information.
RSS was originally developed by Netscape.
- Click
the "feed a reader" link to get links to different software available.
- Find
some examples of sites with lists of readers and reviews. You MUST download a
reader to be able to access newsfeeds.
- Install
a newsfeed reader.
- After
you download newsreader software, you can place the icon on your desktop. Find
the SharpReader icon on the desktop. Double click to open it. Now, you do it.
- Double
click on the folder to see its contents. Now, you do it.
- When
you click on a link on your list, the content linked to Google is displayed on
the bottom.
- To
add content or to subscribe to a feed, go to a news site, such as Google's News
and do a search for your topic.
- Google
News page appears with news about your topic.
- Look
for the RSS button, on the lower left menu.
- To
get a feed, click on RSS. Now, you do it.
- Copy
the address (URL) in the address box. To copy, click on the address window and
press CTRL C.
- Press
CTRL C to copy.
- Paste
address of the feed on your reader's software address window. To paste, press
CTRL V
- When
you open your newsfeed reader, you will get notifications in the form of pop ups,
of any new updates to that feed.
- Use
the online databases to get more information about newsfeeds.
Quiz
True or False: You read your newsfeeds in Google.
Answer:
False
Multiple
Choice: To read the newsfeeds on your desktop, you need:
a)
to have Microsoft Word
b)
to have a Web page.
c)
to install a feed reader
Answer:
c
Multiple
Choice: A newsfeed reader is
a)
an editor
b) a
Web page
c) software
Answer:
c
Multiple
Choice: Why would you want to subscribe to a newsfeed?
a)
to keep updated on my news topic
b)
because it is the only way to read the news
c)
to read the news in my email
Answer:
a
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Last Updated:June
2008
Created
and maintained by Sahyly Martinez.
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