What is Google Reader and what are RSS feeds?

• Use Google Reader to keep up with websites that have frequent updates, e.g. blogs.

• Google Reader uses stuff called RSS feeds – found on loads of websites.

• If you see this symbol, you can add the site to your feed reader:  

This video explains Google Reader in Plain English.

Why bother?

• Create feeds from your searches on some databases and see them in Google Reader
• Efficiency: you only have to check one place
• Remember sites of interest to you
• Basically, you’re personalising the internet