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General information about RSS feeds
RSS is a format for distributing up-to-the-minute information and news on the Internet. It is referred to as Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, and/or RDF Site Summary.
In its simplest form it involves the use of:
- A URL for an RSS feed from a website, such as Nature or the Institute of Physics
- An RSS reader installed on a personal computer or hand-held device
Examples of RSS readers
 An orange logo with "RSS" or "XML" indicates an RSS feed that you can subscribe to. By clicking on the logo you can see the computer-readable content of the RSS feed. The URL for the RSS feed appears in the address bar of the browser window. You can use the URL to subscribe to the feed with your RSS reader. This particular logo links to the RSS feed for Research Library news.
Demonstration of journal RSS feeds
Many journal publishers now provide RSS feeds for current tables of contents, future tables of contents, most-frequently-read articles, news, and other information. We are demonstrating some of these RSS feeds on our website, using a web-based RSS aggregator, so that users can become familiar with the technology. We're interested in your feedback.
Examples of journal RSS feeds for current tables of contents and related content:
BioMed Central | Crystallography Journals Online | IOP Journals | Nature Publishing Group
Demonstration of Science Server journal RSS feeds
We are exploring the possibility of providing RSS feeds of current tables of contents from Science Server journals so that you can receive the feeds on your own RSS reader.
If you are already using an RSS reader, please test our experimental feeds by using the journal search tool on the home page of our development website. The results list will include an RSS logo for the journal feeds that we have created. Please note that this is a test, only, and the URL will change when we move the feeds into production.
Please let us know what you think of these RSS feeds. Will they be useful to you in your work? Will they save you time? What other feeds do you subscribe to?
Demonstration of news RSS feeds
News RSS feeds commonly consist of news headlines that link to the full story on the news website. Other time-sensitive RSS feeds provide summaries that link to more detailed information. US Geological Survey RSS feeds, for example, list the magnitude and location of earthquakes and each item on the list links to more information about that earthquake.
Example of news RSS feeds:
IOP PhysicsWeb News
US Geological Survey
Links to more RSS news feeds:
List of RSS feeds by subject
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