TCNJ Library RSS Feeds for New Acquisitions
Subscribe to TCNJ Library RSS feeds to get information about new acquistions delivered directly to your RSS aggregator. If you want to search for New Library Acquistions, try our New Books Search.
What is RSS?
Basically, RSS feeds are a way to distribute (or syndicate) a title (or headline), a brief description, and a hyperlink to new or updated content on the Web. RSS is an acronym that can stand for Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary or Real-time Simple Syndication. It is used by many major news web sites including CNN and The New York Times. It is not only used for news however. It is also used by retailers, in personal web logs, and on many other web sites. It can be used for just about any type of web content that is updated on a regular or semi-regular basis. More information about RSS can be found in the Spring 2006 TCNJ HelpDesk TechTalk newsletter and on O'Reilly's XML.com Web site. Additional information is also avaialble towards the bottom of this page.
Still not sure? Watch this video that explains RSS in Plain English
Other TCNJ Library Feeds:
| Topic | Title | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library News | TCNJ Library News | http://www.tcnj.edu/~Edadt/webalerts/rss/373.xml |  |
| Databases | TCNJ Library - Databases | http://www.tcnj.edu/~Edadt/webalerts/rss/1019.xml | |
See other TCNJ RSS Feeds
How do I access RSS?
You read these files in a program called an RSS aggregator (also sometimes called an RSS reader), which collects news from various websites and provides it to you in a simple human-readable form. There are two common types of RSS aggregators, client based and Web-based. A client based RSS aggregator is a piece of software that you install on your computer. There are many different client based aggregators to chose from. If you already use the Mozilla Thunderbird for e-mail, you can also use it for RSS. Thunderbird, besides being an excellent e-mail client is also a very good RSS reader. One advantage of Thunderbird is that most people check their e-mail regularly and they will be able to see any new items in RSS at the same time and will not have to open up a separate program or web site. See RSS Basics for Thunderbird for more information about how to use Thunderbird to access RSS feeds. If you prefer a stand-alone RSS aggregator there are many to choose from. Some popular ones include Omea Reader, RSS Bandit, FeedReader, and Newsgator.
Many people prefer to use web-based aggregators that are offered for free on the Internet. My Yahoo!, Bloglines, and Newsgator are popular services that can aggregate RSS feeds. One of the advantages of the web-based services is that you can get to them from anywhere you can open a web browser.
To view one of the TCNJ Library feeds in your RSS Aggregator:
- Copy the URL/shortcut that corresponds to the RSS feed that interests you.
- Paste the URL into your reader.
RSS Feeds in SOCS
Faculty can add the Library RSS feeds into courses on SOCS by using the Syndication module.To do this, select:
Your course > Syndication > Manage RSS Channels > Import Channel From External Website
From this page, copy the URL/shortcut that corresponds to the RSS feed that interests you and paste the URL into your reader.
TCNJ Library RSS Feeds are also listed on the "View Suggested Channels" page in the SOCS syndication module. Contact SOCS support or Edward Corrado, Systems Librarian at corrado@tcnj.edu for help displaying the Library Feeds on your class page in SOCS.
These Feeds are great, how do I get more?
Faculty members that want specific feeds for their classes should contact their Subject Librarian or the Systems Librarian, Edward Corrado* (corrado@tcnj.edu).
These Feeds are great, how did you do this?
Please see the TCNJ Library RSS Feeds - Technical Details web page for more information about how these feeds are created.
*This link will take you to a personal web page. Material on this page is not controlled or maintained by The College of New Jersey and should not be considered official content of TCNJ's Web site. Authors of these pages are responsible for obeying all relevant laws and College policies, including those delineated in TCNJ's Computing Access Agreement and Web Page Policy.
