Keeping Up

RSS Reader

Bloglines, or another RSS reader (aka news reader or aggregator), is the secret to keeping up with rapidly changing websites, including blogs.

Blogs by and for students

• Washington University Students
• College V2
• Overheard at College

News on Campus

• Student Life has an RSS link in the upper left of the web page.
• The Student Union has a feed link at the very bottom of the page for announcements, including funding decisions.
• The library has a What's New blog. Also check this list to see if a librarian is blogging about your subject area.
• New photos tagged washingtonuniversity on flickr.

St. Louis Weather

To get a graphic of the St. Louis weather forecast for the next seven days from Ask.com, put the zip code in the box on the right side of the Bloglines home page.

Other News

• RSS Feeds from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• RSS from the New York Times
• RSS from CNN

Sites for finding blogs

• The Academic Blog Portal a wiki of academic blogs ordered by subject and university
• PhDweblogs subject and geographical list in right column
• Google Blog Search search engine for blogs