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The Libguide of Libguides: 5. RSS Feed

About RSS Feed Boxes

An RSS Feed box dynamically and automatically displays the most recent information from a website that you designate.

Examples can include news sites, blogs, new books in Quest in your subject area, database search results, journal tables of contents, and more.

An orange RSS icon in the address bar of your browser indicates that an RSS feed is available for the site you're on. Many sites and databases will display this icon or otherwise indicate that RSS feeds are available for particular content.

Adding/Editing an RSS Feed

Adding a feed to an RSS Feed box:

  • Click on Add RSS Feed
  • Enter the URL for the RSS feed.
  • Enter the number of items you want to show.  (The default is 5.)
  • Click on Update

Editing a feed in an RSS Feed box:

  • Click on Edit RSS Feed
  • Edit the information you want to change.
  • Click on Save Changes.

Note: Descriptive text about an RSS Feed box can be entered at the top of the box.

 

Example

Setting up New Acquisitions RSS Feed

Setting up a New Acquisitions RSS feed is a two step process.  The first part of the process is findng and copying the URL to the New Acquisitions feed and the second part involves setting up the feed in LibGuides.  If you have any questions about this process, please contact Heather Klish at heather.klish@tufts.edu.

Finding the feed URL in the New Acquisitions List

  1. Open the New Acquisitions List webpage.

  2. Search or browse through the New Acquisitions until you find the list for which you are looking.

  3. Near the top of the page you will see the following icon:

  4. Click on this icon to display the RSS feed.

  5. Copy the URL that you see in your browser by highlighting the URL, right-clicking your mouse and choosing Copy.

Setting up the New Acquisitions feed in LibGuides

  1. On your LibGuides page, click Add New Box and choose the type RSS Feed.  Name and create your box.

  2. Click on the link to Add RSS Feed.

  3. In the Feed URL box paste the URL that you copied from your New Acquisitions RSS Feed by right-clicking your mouse and choosing Paste.

  4. Under # of Items, choose the number of items you would like to have displayed on your page.

  5. Displaying the descriptions underneath the item title will display details such as author, location, call number, etc within the box. Try both of the options available to determine which level of detail you would like on your page.

  6. Leave the two check boxes unchecked.

  7. Click Save Changes.

  8. You should now see the items from the New Acquisitions list in your RSS Feed box.

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