February 4, 2008

Blogging Add-Ons and Blogger Resources

RSS Compendium - lists of readers, RSS feeds, and resources to locate feeds and feed content. See also, The Ultimate RSS Toolset: 100+ Online Apps and Resources

Selecting an RSS Reader

  • Web-Based Readers
    • Bloglines, Bloglines Beta, Google Reader, Rojo, My Yahoo
  • Desktop Readers - Windows, Mac, Cross-Platform
    • NewsGator/Outlook, Feed Demon, NetNewsWire
  • Browser-Integrated Readers
    • Safari, Firefox (with/without Sage extension), IE 7
Looking for Feeds?
Customizable News Searches
UCSD Library Resources w/ RSS Feeds
  • S&E and BML Library Blogs
  • Databases - like the custom news feeds
    • Inspec, PubMed, Compendex, Web of Science, arXiv, Astrophysics Data System, Biosis, ERIC, PsycINFOAcademic Search Complete, Business Source Complete,
  • E-Journals (not a complete list)
    • Publishers: Elsevier/Science Direct, Wiley/Blackwell, Springer, IEEE, Univ Chicago, Oxford Univ Press, Cambridge Univ Press, Nature Publishing Group, BioMed Central, Public Library of Science, Sage Press, Cell Press, most of the chemistry and physics societies
    • Individual Journals: Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, New England Journal of Medicine, Chronicle of Higher Education, JAMA
RSS Tools
  • Feed2JS converts a feed into Javascript, which you then copy/paste into a blog or other website. This creates dynamically generated headlines. There are other RSS converters available.
  • Yahoo Pipes and RSS Mix (among others) allow you to mix feeds into a single, new feed.
  • Feed Rinse creates a new feed by filtering out unwanted content based on authors, keywords, etc.
  • Feedburner - Captures statistics on RSS use and subscribers
  • AddThis - Create your own multi-reader subscription button for your site, instead of creating multiple buttons for multiple readers.
  • RSS Icon Gallery - Reader subscription shortcuts
  • Free RSS Graphic Tool - Create your own RSS graphic

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