getting news through rss feeds
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Getting news through RSS feeds
Joëlle Sciboz / Shadrack VensonAssociate Reference Librarian
212-963-7412
Objectives
• In this training you will learn:– How to discover RSS– How to organize your RSS feeds using your browser or
web services such as Google Reader– Where to get UN related RSS– How to create RSS for your search in ODS
What are RSS ?
• http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
• RSS is a format used to publish frequently updated piece of information :– blogs;– news headlines ;– podcasts ;– databases update ;– etc.
How to discover RSS feeds ?
• Most of news websites have RSS feeds:– Look for the following icons on your favourite websites
– Exemples :• Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/home/uk • UN Press releases
http://www.un.org/en/unpress/index.asp
How to discover RSS feeds ?
• Browsers also detect most of RSS feeds
Internet Explorer 7 or 8
Firefox 4
Subscribing and reading RSS
• To subscribe to RSS you need to choose an application or a service :– Browsers :
• Live Bookmarks
• RSS add-ons
• RSS will be stored on your computer, you will not be able to access them remotely.
– Online services ;• Google Reader ;
• Bloglines ;
• My Yahoo ;
• RSS will be accessible wherever you have an Internet Connection.
– Mobile devices or desktop applications
Subscribing and Reading RSS in Internet Explorer
Subscribing and Reading RSS in Firefox
Subscribing in RSS in Chrome
• Install the extension– https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/
nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd – The RSS Icon will appear in your navigation bar
Subscribing and Reading RSS in Google Reader
Exercises
• Search and subscribe to the following RSS :– New York Times World News– UN Women– UN Pulse– The Guardian World News
• Organize them in 2 different files:– News– UN
UN RSS feeds
• E-Subscription– http://undocs.org/
• Meetings coverage and Press Releases– http://www.un.org/en/unpress/rss_pr_en.asp
• UN News Center– http://www.un.org/apps/news/rss/index.asp
• UN Pulse– http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/lib/dhlrefweblog.nsf/blog.rss
Search results
• Search engines and databases often allow to save your search as RSS– News website
• Google News http://news.google.com/
• Wikiohttp://www.wikio.com
• Worldnews– List of RSS http://wn.com/rss
– Subscribed databases• Factiva• Proquest
Google News
• Coverage– Traditional sources of information;– Blogs;
• To have more traditional magazines and newspapers, click on Top stories
• Example :– Search for news on Libya and Security Council
Wikio
• European website available in several languages:– Traditional sources of information;– Blogs.
• Example :– Search news on United Nations report on Iran
Practice
• Using the tools we have seen, add RSS feeds in your reader on any topic.– Organize them in files.
Save your ODS search in RSS
• By using the new ODS interface, you will be able to save searches and to be alerted whenever a new document matching it come out.– Documents mentioning piracy and somalia
– Security Council resolutions on Afghanistan
– Note transmitting the report of the United Nations Board of Auditors on the United Nations escrow accounts.
• The new ODS interface is still on development. If you need advice to build your search, contact us : [email protected]
Exercises
• Using the new ODS interface, try to find a way to get RSS feeds for :– Documents on piracy in Somalia– Documents that mention the Department of Public
Information– General Assembly resolutions on budget.
Links
• RSS in plain English– http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
• RSS feeds for UN Community– https://www.google.com/bookmarks/l#!threadID=G0AGuc_laEgI%2FBDRa4ZQoQwJ7gm_cl
• Training calendar and evaluation– http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/training/training.htm
Thank you !