An RSS feed with apps for iOS and Android. It is free, although there are also paid-for premium options. Add the sources you want to follow and choose your categories. When you enter the app, you will see your new and unread items. The cover photo, headline and a brief description are shown, together with the source and date of publication.
Create your alerts system
To start creating your alerts system you can use any of the apps listed below, helping you keep track of the websites and blogs that interest you most.
Free RSS feeds:
Feeder
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Feeder is a news manager that tracks any online source you choose and bundles it into an easy-to-digest reading experience. The basic package is free. It updates every two hours with a maximum of 100 feeds.
Feedreader Online
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A simple, free RSS feed. It has two viewing modes: Starred Items for saving RSS feeds and a filter for showing unread items.
Good News
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Bring all your content sources together in a single site. This means you can centrally view your RSS feed, your favourite websites and social media. It has 12 viewing modes.
FlowReader
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Combine RSS and social media. This is a great option for people who want to see all their content sources in one place.
Once you have chosen the tech solution that suits you best, set up alerts in the databases that you regularly consult. Almost all the Library's digital collection contains options to subscribe to contents, save searches and get alerts.
This is very useful for staying up-to-date with specific subjects or information sources relating to your research.
Various types of alert are possible, depending on the database:
- Table of contents alert: When a new edition of a journal you have previously selected is published, you will get a summary of the articles in the new issue.
- Search alert: Lets you know when new documents are added that match subjects you are interested in or cite authors whose new publications you want to know about.
- Citation alert: When an author cites a specific work you are interested in (article, book chapter, etc.), you will get an alert, so you will know about other documents citing the document in question.
- Cited author alert: Lets you know when an author cites another author that you have specified.
Every database has its own specific features and design, but most of them contain details on the platform on how to create predefined alerts.
Often, after doing a search, icons will appear and you just have to click on the icon to create an alert.