RSS Feeds

What is RSS?

RSS is an acronym for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. Web sites and blogs provide RSS feeds so that people can receive notifications and descriptions of the latest news or content changes, without having to regularly visit the site to check for updates.

Read more about RSS feeds and how to use them below.

 

Library RSS Feeds


New Items – books, e-resources, DVDs, etc.


RSS feed All recently added items

RSS feed Online items only – e-books, e-serials, Web sites


or more specific new items feeds by subject classification (excluding online items):

RSS feed General Works, Encyclopedias, Directories

RSS feed Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

RSS feed History, Genealogy, Archaeology

RSS feed Geography, Recreation, Tourism, Environment

RSS feed Social Sciences, Statistics, Economics, Commerce, Regional Planning

RSS feed Political Science, International Relations, Military Science

RSS feed Law

RSS feed Education

RSS feed Fine Arts, Design

RSS feed Architecture, Landscape, Gardens, Parks

RSS feed Language, Literature

RSS feed Science

RSS feed Medicine, Health

RSS feed Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries

RSS feed Technology, Engineering, Nutrition, Crafts

RSS feed Computing, IT, e-commerce

RSS feed Bibliography, Library Science


Lincoln University Research Archive


RSS feed Latest four items added to the Archive

feeds for individual collections within the Research Archive are also available, e.g.

RSS feed Theses and Dissertations


Twitter updates


RSS feed Library news items from the LincolnULibrary Twitter account.

 

More about RSS

RSS feeds can usually be identified by the icon RSS icon or sometimes RSS icon or XML icon.

You'll need to use a free program - known as an RSS reader or aggregator - to subscribe to the feeds. The RSS reader will automatically alert you to new content and provide you with headlines and a short summary, with links back to the original web site. And you can monitor as many feeds as you want!

Modern Web browsers usually include RSS feed support:

  • Internet Explorer 7 and 8 have a built-in RSS reader - just click on the feed.
  • Firefox offers a similar feature called Live Bookmarks.
  • Safari also manages feeds as bookmarks.
  • Opera 9 includes a menu item for managing Feeds.

Some examples of web-based aggregators (useful for accessing your feeds wherever you have Internet access):

or clients that you would need to install:

 

Page last updated on: 01/10/2009