This time the topic was RSS, trend trackers and tools you can follow the medical literature easily.
- Before, we had to surf on the web. Now we let the content and information come to us automatically.
- Definition of RSS.
- Story of RSS.
- Advantages of RSS (easy to use, free, comprehensive).
- A little bit of statistics (medical bloggers tend to read RSS).
- RSS icons.
- How to read RSS (browser; Bloglines; desktop-based readers).
- An example, a real tutorial about how to follow the latest articles published on NEJM. Step by step.
- Best friend of docs? Of course, Pubmed. How to follow Pubmed updates easily.
- What to do when a site doesn’t have RSS feed.
- Biowizard.com and other 3rd party Pubmed tools
Second slideshow focused on trend trackers:
- Suggestions about how to use Google Alerts efficiently.
- Favebot.com
- How to search on Friendfeed
- How to search on Twitter: tweetscan.com
- Video: RSS in Plain English
Take-home message:
Let the information come to you and follow your field of interest easily.
November 14, 2008 at 10:25 am |
This is great stuff I cant believe I have never heard of these Reader sites before! Love the video lecture.