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RSS feeds
What is RSS?
- RSS stands for "Really Simple Syndication"
- RSS feeds push updates from relevant websites to subscribers. They help you keep up with information from many websites without having to visit them individually.
- They are generally denoted by "RSS" or an image like:

- Many journals and databases offer alerts via RSS feeds.
RSS readers
- An RSS reader, or aggregator, allows you to organize and read RSS feeds from multiple sites in one place. A wide range of readers are freely available on the Web. Popular web-based readers include:
- Feedly
- Inoreader
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