Alerts and RSS Feeds

Many of the JMU Libraries' major database and e-journal providers offer the ability to create customized email or RSS alerts. The Bentley Library has created an extensive guide on Search Alerts and RSS Feeds that include step-by-step instructions for creating your own alerts.


Tip: Your initial search results may create a large number of alerts. Google Reader will display the first ten results. At the end of the results, you will see the following links: "Go: Home - All items." All items allows you to view the complete search results.

Google Blog Search makes it simple to create alerts and RSS feeds. For example, I'm looking for ideas on how others are using Google Docs with their students. I did the following search in Google Blog Search: "Google Docs" learning published in the last day. At the bottom of the results are the following options:

• Create an email alert for "google docs" learning
• Add a blog search gadget for "google docs" learning to your Google homepage
• Subscribe to a blog search feed for "google docs" learning in Google Reader ^New!