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Blogging the World of Work
Christian MillerReference, Instruction and Outreach Coordinator
Martin P. Catherwood Library
• Introduction
• Blogs
• RSS Readers
• What to look for
Welcome!
What are blogs?
• Short for “web logs”
• Provide commentary or news on a particular subject
• Link to sources on the web, these could be articles, videos, audio files, etc.
• Usually in reverse chronological order
Finding Blogs
• Google Blog Search – http://blogsearch.google.com/
• Technorati – www.technorati.com
• Ask! Blog Search – http://www.ask.com/?tool=bls
Blog Example
• Catherwood Blog:
https://blogs.cit.cornell.edu/catherwood
What is RSS?
• Really Simple Syndication• Makes Blogs into “Feeds”• “RSS Readers” quickly and automatically
determine if the feed has been updated• Collects all updates in one place
RSS Readers
• Google Reader – www.google.com/reader• Bloglines – www.bloglines.com• Litefeeds – www.litefeeds.com• Many, many more
Adding Subscriptions
• From inside the reader (‘Add subscriptions’)
• From the blog itself
Not Just for Blogs!
• Follow any web site with Page2RSS
www.page2rss.com
• Many web sites have RSS feeds
New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc.
What To Watch For
• Number of posts
• Date of last post
• Tone
• Political leaning