RSS news feeds

Introduction to RSS

RSS* is an XML-based format designed for publishing news and messages. In order to use RSS, a special NewsReader software must be installed, which allows subscriptions to news channels. The NewsReader automatically downloads the new messages of subscribed channels at regular intervals. Unread messages are mostly displayed in bold, whereas the read messages in normal script. This means that you stay on top of your interests.

Alternatively, one can use a web-based reader service such as Bloglines or Google Reader.

For Windows we recommend the following NewsReaders: Awasu Personal Edition (free), FeedDemon (shareware) oder SharpReader (free); for Mac OS X: NetNewsWire(free). In some browsers such as Mozilla FireFox, Internet Explorer 7, and Apple Safari 3 the RSS facility is inbuilt.

RSS news feeds are represented by the following symbols:

Various browsers indicate in their address bar by the following symbols if a web site offers RSS feeds:

• Mozilla Firefox: Live Bookmark
• Safari:

How to use RSS

Step-by-step instructions

RSS news feeds offered

Information Center Notices

Enter the following link in your NewsReader: http://www.infochembio.ethz.ch/fmi/xsl/news_en.xsl

Recommended update frequency: Hourly.

Online journals : Issues

We create news feeds for recently posted web issues corresponding to more than 2000 electronic journals on daily basis. A particular journal may be subscribed by searching it in the list of online journals and clicking on the orange icon for this journal.
This service is restricted to ETH members, i.e., it is only available on computers within ethz.ch domain (or with ETHZ VPN).

Recommended update frequency: Every 4 hours.

Online journals : Articles

Article feeds of publishers are marked with a blue icon. They can be found by searching our list of online journals or by this list of journals with article feeds. There are no user restrictions. However, access to the article content is only possible if your university or documentation service has subscribed to the online journal.

Recommended update frequency: Every 4 hours.

New acquisitions

Enter the following link in your NewsReader: http://www.infochembio.ethz.ch/fmi/xsl/acquisitions_rss_en.xsl

Recommended update frequency: Every 4 hours.

Book reviews in scientific journals

Book reviews in scientific journals and on websites are listed if the title is available in the CLICAPS catalog.

Enter the following link in your NewsReader: http://www.clicaps.ethz.ch/fmi/xsl/bookreviews_rss_en.xsl

Recommended update frequency: Every 4 hours.

Technical details

All news feeds authored by the Information Center are created as XML stream by our library management system CLICAPS, which are then transformed in RSS 1.0 format by using XSLT. To minimize network load, the news are downloaded only when the changes occur.

*RSS: RDF Site Summary, Rich Site Summary, Really Simple Syndication