#7 Finding Feeds

Now that you have a newsreader (your Google Reader account), you can begin adding other newsfeeds that interest you. There are several ways you can locate newsfeeds:

• When visiting your favorite websites - look for news feed icons that indicate the website provides it. Often a feed icon will be displayed somewhere in the navigation bar of the site.
  
• Use your Google Reader 'Add Subscription' icon. Enter a search term to find feeds or paste a url.
  

Other Search tools that can help you find feeds:

• Feedster - One of the largest collections of RSS feeds, Feedster lets you search for feeds in three categories: news, blogs & podcasts
  
• Topix.net - This search tool allows you to locate recent newsfeed items based upon keyword or phrase searching. The tool focuses specifically on news and media outlet RSS feeds for information, not weblogs.
  
• Google Blog search - This is still in BETA mode, but appears to be a good search tool
  

Discovery Excercise:

1. Explore some of the search tools noted above that can help you locate some news feeds.
   
2. Create a blog post about your experience.
   Which method of finding feeds did you find easiest to use? Which Search tool was the most useful? Which was more confusing? What other tools or ways did you find to locate newsfeeds?

Optional exercise:
Some of the databases SLV subscribes to have RSS feed alerts.
Ebsco ANZ Reference Centre is an example of this.

To subscribe to a RSS feed for a specific journal using Ebsco

1. Go to Ebsco ANZ Reference Centre
2. click on NEW FEATURES
3. From this screen tick the ALERTS box. This will embed an RSS icon against the publications list
4. Find a journal your would like to subscribe to (eg Australian Library Journal)
5. Follow instruction to put RSS feed into your Google Reader account