RSS Feeds

I had actually been subscribing to an RSS Feed without really knowing it. When I registered for classes for my first semester at Simmons, I signed up for a feed that would notify students of changes in the course schedules. I found it extremely convenient and useful, because it pushed the information I needed to my Simmons email so I did not need to retroactively check the particular web page. From this experience I decided that I would try and subscribe to feeds that were of interest and importance to me. In some cases, a feed is like having a daily reminder. This becomes invaluable when you trying to juggle a lot in your day-to-day life. When the information is sent to your computer, you have no excuse not to be up-to-date on any subject or on-going!

Additionally, during my first semester at Simmons, I learned about ways to receive feeds and updates from different academic databases. Although this is something I did not use when doing research for my classes, I will start using it in the upcoming semesters. One of the librarians showed us a way of signing up for updates for a particular research query. This way, a student could receive a notification of new and relevant articles or publications from that particular database. It is a great way to add to your sources when working on a project.