Thing # 8 Google Reader and feeds

I started out using the little orange button to add feeds to my Internet Explorer toolbar. It is in the same section as Favorites and History. From there, I could just click on the names of the blogs that had been updated since I last read them. (they were in bold print) That way I could keep up but I found that I didn't always want to read everything they had posted. Next I tried Google Reader. I was setting up my IGoogle page and found I could put the Google Reader widget in my homepage. If the title of the post intrigues me, I can just click it and the post will open in a bubble window right there on my screen. I don't have to go to the website itself, although that option is there if I need it. For some reason, Joyce Valenza's blog on SLJ doesn't show the complete posting so I do have to click the Show Original Item link to see it in it's entirety.

I like the use of newsfeeds for research projects. I know Ebscohost has this feature so you can create a search and then subscribe to it so any new items published on your research topic can either be added to your current newsreader or emailed to you directly. We've come a LOOONNGG way from the big red books haven't we?