Searching the

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Searching the New Web Bloglines Demo

• ORALL Annual Meeting
• October 13, 2005
• Presented by Bonnie Shucha
• UW Law Library
• bjshucha_at_wisc.edu

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Bloglines

• Free Web-based RSS reader
• Use to read
• RSS feeds
• Email Listservs!
• Subscribe at http//www.bloglines.com/
• Tutorial movie (UC Berkeley Library)
  http//www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/rss.html

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RSS Feeds
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Posts
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Add Feeds to Bloglines

• Several Ways to Subscribe to Feeds
• Known Feed You already have the URL
• Browse Recommended Feeds Let Bloglines suggest
  feeds based on your existing subscriptions

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Add a Known Feed

• Look for button to get URL for a RSS
  feed
• Click Add at top of right frame
• Enter URL and click Subscribe

Click Add
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Choose Folder
Click Subscribe
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Browse Recommended Feeds

• After you have added a few subscriptions,
  Bloglines scans for other similar feeds
• Click Recommendations in Extras section at
  the bottom of the directory on the left

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Search Blog Content

• Keyword search the Bloglines search engine at top
  left

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Save Posts

• One advantage of RSS readers is that once posts
  are viewed, they wont be displayed the next time
  you open the feed
• However, if you wish to save posts, you can
• Keep new
• Clip
• Email

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Save Posts
Clip
Email
Keep New
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View Clippings

• Click Clippings tab in directory on left

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Add Email Subscriptions

• Why?
• Stop the clutter - Get newsletters high traffic
  listservs out of your email
• One stop shopping - Read all current awareness /
  professional development news in one place

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Add Email Subscriptions

• Create special Bloglines email address tied to
  your account
• Use that email to subscribe to newsletter or
  listserv
• Email messages displayed with other feeds
• Note the icon
• Set up unlimited Bloglines email addresses

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Add Email Subscriptions

• First, click Create Email Subscriptions in
  Extras section at the bottom of the directory
  on the left

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Add Email Subscriptions

• Next, complete this form at the bottom of the
  page

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Add Email Subscriptions

• Finally, subscribe to listserv or newsletter
  using your new Bloglines email address
• Click on subscription name on left
• Click on the send email link to send a message
  from this address
• Subscribe following listserv instructions