RSS is a format for distributing up-to-the-minute information and news on the Internet. It is referred to as Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, and/or RDF Site Summary.

In its simplest form RSS involves the use of:

• The URL for an RSS feed from a website, such as Nature, Science, or the e-print arXiv
• An RSS reader installed on a personal computer or a web-based RSS reader

RSS readers are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac.

An orange logo with "RSS" or "XML" indicates an RSS feed that you can subscribe to. By clicking on the logo you can see the computer-readable content of the RSS feed. The URL for the RSS feed appears in the address bar of the browser window. You can use the URL to subscribe to the feed with your RSS reader. This particular logo links to the RSS feed for Research Library news.

Many journal publishers and websites now provide RSS feeds for current tables of contents, future tables of contents, most-frequently-read articles, news, and other information. Some examples are Nature, Science, and the e-print arXiv.

We provide RSS feeds of current tables of contents for the journals we archive locally. These feeds are available to LANL staff only. Our journal links have recently been revised and no longer display the local RSS feeds. Please contact us for information about local RSS feeds.