Google Reader
For finding reading material in your
interest area
Adding RSS feeds
Method 1: from the symbol
Method 2: from the locator bar
Method 3: from a website address
Method 4: from a PubMed lit search
RSS = Really Simple Syndication
RSS (originally RDF Site Summary, often dubbed Really Simple Syndication) is a family
of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries,
news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.[2] An RSS document
(which is called a "feed", "web feed",[3] or "channel") includes full or summarized text,
plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss
Adding RSS feeds
Method 1
Copying the feed from the
RSS symbol
Right click on the orange RSS
symbol and left click Copy link
Address
Click
Place your cursor in
the box, right click
and then left click on
Paste to insert the
address
2. Click on Add
1. This is the “feed” you copied from the symbol:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/newsfeed/od_notices.xml
Ta da!
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Adding RSS feeds
Method 2
From the locator bar
(if your broswer supports it)
Click 1
Click 2
Click
Ta da!
Post click
Ta da!
Adding RSS feeds
Method 3
Copying the web address from the
locator bar
Right click in the locator bar and
left click on Select all
Right click in the locator bar and
left click on Copy (or Ctrl+C)
L Click 1
R Click 2
L Click 3
Place your cursor in
the box, right click,
click on Paste to
insert the address
Ta da!
Ta da!
Note: the Various name in
Reader has changed to
Tutorials & Resources.
How to add RSS feeds
Method 4
Adding PubMed lit search feeds
Click
Click
Right click in the
orange XML icon
and left click on
Copy link address
L Click 1
R Click 2
L Click 3
Place your cursor in
the box, right click,
click on Paste to
insert the RSS feed
Note: FYI, PubMed generates a huge RSS feed
like the one we just made:
http://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/er
ss.cgi?rss_guid=1L_cQ9MDBbADXvYj55iGjauM
JxJloZzxiQcFYA1sHGA3_zP5o1
List view
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Expanded view
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Ways to view the feeds
List or Expanded
Expanded
View
List View
Clicking to the link to the whole
article
Opening it in the same tab or a new
tab
Note: your article
page might open in
a new tab or it
might open in the
same tab.
The page usually opens in another tab
If you really need the page to
open in a new tab or window,
put your cursor on the link, right
click on it and left click on “Open
link in a new tab” or whatever.
Right click gives you more
control of how the pages open.
Saving Starred items
Here’s an article
that’s been
opened and read.
Now the article
has been Starred
Click here
Click on the tiny
little triangle
Click here
Ta da!
List view
Ta da!
Expanded view
Emailing links from Google
Reader
Click here
So, that’s Google Reader
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