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RSS FEEDS FOR LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP

Discover how RSS feeds can streamline your legal research by aggregating updates from various scholarly journals, blogs, and news sources. Instead of manually checking multiple websites, RSS feeds consolidate all relevant information into one convenient location, allowing you to stay informed on the latest developments in the legal field. Learn about different types of feeds available, the benefits of using RSS alongside other current awareness tools, and tips on how to find and utilize these feeds effectively.

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RSS FEEDS FOR LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP

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  1. RSS FEEDS FOR LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP All info on Law Library Site>Faculty Services>Scholarship Technology>RSS http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/services/rss.html

  2. What is RSS? • Rich Site Summary • Each time the website, journal, blog is updated, updates appear in the feed • Receive all info from scholarly journals, blogs & news in one place • do not have to continually look at web site

  3. Types of Feeds • Law Journals – Contents or Full Text • SSRN Author Feeds • Court Cases • Blogs • Tags from Social Bookmarking Sites

  4. How to Find Feeds • See Law Library Site>Faculty Services>Scholarship Technology>RSS • The url is http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/services/rss.html#finding

  5. RSS vs. Other Current Awareness • Use in addition to, not instead of others • Others=Lexis & Westlaw Saved Searches, SSRN emails, Washington & Lee CLJC emails, SmartCILP • Feed reader format may be easier to go through fast • Many items in one place – SSRN authors feeds, journal feeds, news, blogs (Lexis and WL have blogs and news, but not all)

  6. RSS vs. Other Current Awareness • Filtering (term searching) is more precise and easier on Westlaw and Lexis, but available with RSS Readers. (Also with Washington &Lee) • RSS feed of journal may be faster than WL/Lexis. Washington & Lee CLJC & SmartCILP are fast. • RSS Readers and many feeds are Free

  7. Thunderbird RSS Reader • Does not give first paragraph of text • Has filtering options • Conveniently with Email

  8. Filtering on Bloglines • Easy way is via Feed Sifter

  9. Futher topics • Send an RSS feed to Email • Creating an RSS feed

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