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RSS stands for a variety of things, like Really Simple Syndication.  But in essence, it gathers information, as it is produced, and brings it to you rather than you having to go find it.  This allows you to stay current in an ever increasing range of topics, journal titles, and organizations that are related to your field of expertise.  One of the best explanations for RSS is a very short video - RSS in Plain English - developed by Common Craft, where they have created a great visual description of what it is, how it works, and how easy it is to get.    Some examples of popular free web-based Readers are Bloglines, Newsgator (the one I use), My Yahoo! and Google Reader. 

 

Below are some current RSS Feeds from our webpages, as well as some suggested publishers that have RSS Feeds from their medical journals, and some organizational sites with RSS Feeds to keep you updated on information.

 

RSS Feeds from our website
New articles indexed for our Magnet Nursing page, which are updated on our blog:


New articles indexed for our Health Literacy page, which are updated on our blog:

  • General information -
  • Diabetes -
  • Geriatrics -
  • Hospitals/Health Care Facilities -
  • Neurology -
  • Nursing -

 

Publications for the Health Sciences
Many publishers now have created feeds for their journals.  To find journal titles of interest to you, click on the link to the publisher's webpage where the journals are listed; directions for each publisher is given with the publisher link.  If you have any problems, email us at asixmean@wfubmc.edu and someone will be in touch with you as soon as we can.

 

  • Annual Reviews  
    Click on the title, and you will see the RSS button near the middle of the page on the right side in a box called Quick Links.
  • Blackwell/Synergy 
    Click the discipline of your area first, for example: Medicine.  Then click on your specialty, for example: Nursing.  Then click on a title that interests you.  There will be a link to the RSS on the left side menu under Tools.
  • BMJ
    Click on the orange RSS Feed button there on the home page, then choose the RSS Feed(s) you are interested in.
  • BioMed Central  
    Click on the title of the journal and locate the RSS icon on the left menu.
  • Berkley Electronic Press 
    Scroll down the list of titles.  Click on the title you are interested in and look for the link in the green right side menu.
  • Future Drugs  
    Click on the title of the journal and you will see the RSS button there with the journal photo.
  • Haworth Press
    Scroll down the list, and click on the title.  There will be the orange button on the right side menu about halfway down the menu under Journal information.  Click on the button, but don't expect the familiar looking XML page.  Just go ahead and copy the URL that opens to your RSS Reader - it works!
  • JAMA and the Archives 
    The list will be shown from this link, from here just click on the RSS link at the title you are interested in.
  • Lancet
    In the left side menu, at the bottom, is the link to their RSS Feeds.  Simply choose the RSS Feed(s) you are interested in.
  • Lippincott
    Open the window at the top of the white screen and choose your specialty.  Then scroll down the list and click on a title, for instance American Journal of Nursing.  On the right there will be a blue box with a link to the journal website, click on that.  Finally on the right, under Subscription Services, there will be a link for the RSS Feed, click on that.
  • Mary Ann Liebert  
    Click on the link for Clinical Medicine/Surgery to open the titles list, then click on the title.  There will the RSS button on the left, click on it to open the feed url.
  • Sage Publications
    Scroll down and click on Health Sciences on the left side menu.  Scroll down through the list of titles and click on a title that interests you.  Click on View Full Text at the top of the page, which will take you to the homepage for that title.  Here you will see the orange RSS button; click on it to decide if you want Recent issues or the Current Issue Only.

  • SpringerLink
    Click on the title, then click on Electronic Sample Copy near the top right of the page, this open a new window.  You will see the orange RSS icon near the top middle section, above the list of available articles.        
  • Wiley InterScience
    Click on your specialty, then click on Journals under the Refine Listing By in the Blue box near the top.  Then click on a title of interest.  If there is an RSS feed for that title, they will have the orange RSS button right beside the journal photo.


Health Care related organizations' websites with RSS Feeds 

If you are interested in having some RSS Feeds set up for you, contact your NWHAEC Librarian for more information.  If you are interested in seeing whether your favorite journal has a Feed, contact us and we will look into it.  If you are interested in learning how to set these up yourself, take a look at our Setting up an RSS Reader Course Objectives and let us know if you'd like to have someone show you how to set it up.

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