Friday, June 6, 2008

Keeping up with Health Information

If you're struggling to keep up with health information, here's a fast and easy way to get control.

RSS feeds allow us to subscribe to newsletters, blogs, and journals online. The information is sent to my newsreader, and I check it 2 to 3 times a week. I no longer feel overwhelmed, because I don’t have more junk going to my email. I chose subscriptions relevant to my life, and I control the when I want to review the information.

If you are interested in this service, you can contact a librarian to assist you, or you can visit the Library Without Walls website for more information about RSS feeds, newsreaders, and suggestions for subscriptions.

I learned how to create RSS feeds from this video clip from CommonCraft: http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english