«America?» said Mrs Liberty. «Won’t we get scalped?»
«Good grief, no!» said William Stickers, who was a bit more up to date about the world.
«Probably not,» said Mr Fletcher, who had been watching the news lately and was even more up to date than William Stickers.
«Johnny and the Dead», by Terry Pratchett
RSS is «a standardized system for the distribution of content from an online publisher», «originally an abbreviation of RDF Site Summary, later interpreted as Rich Site Summary, and now usually as Really Simple Syndication».
Or to put it simply, you use it to subscribe to a website/blog/YouTube channel/whatever and get informed when new content is available.
As said websites also include a lot of academic journals, they are very well suited if you want to monitor specific academic journals. Just go to the website of the journal and look for RSS. For example, it is a link similar to (here Behavior Research Methods):
http://link.springer.com/search.rss?facet-journal-id=13428&sortOrder=newestFirst&facet-content-type=Article
While Browsers can often display the feeds, it’s best to use a dedicated app for it. A free one is NetNewsWire (for the Mac, at https://netnewswire.com/ ). It’s simple but that’s its strength. It does everything it needs to do:
You have a folder structure with different websites/channels/etc. on the left side, the postings in the middle, and the selected posting’s content on the right. A click on the title and you get to the website itself.
Very easy and very useful. You can check for updates within specific intervals or manually. Personally, I prefer manual, as I have a reminder to check the RSS feeds every week. I just open the app and update the feeds.
A great way to monitor new developments.
BTW, here are a few RSS feeds by category:
Creativity Productivity Positive Development
- Asian Efficiency http://feeds.feedburner.com/asianefficiency
- Creativity Research Journal https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?type=etoc&feed=rss&jc=hcrj20
- Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/01933973
- Open Culture http://feeds.feedburner.com/OpenCulture
- ORGANIZING CREATIVITY https://www.organizingcreativity.com/feed/
- Paul Graham: Essays http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/feeds/pgessays.rss
- Reflective Practice http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=us&jc=crep20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- The Art of Manliness https://www.artofmanliness.com/podcast/feed/
- The Journal of Positive Psychology https://www.tandfonline.com/feed/rss/rpos20
- The Minimalists http://www.theminimalists.com/feed/
E-Government Management etc
- Behörden Spiegel https://www.behoerden-spiegel.de/feed/
- eGovernment News https://www.egovernment-computing.de/rss/news.xml
- Electronic Government, an International Journal https://www.inderscienceonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&type=etoc&feed=rss&jc=eg
- Electronic Journal of e-Government https://academic-publishing.org/index.php/ejeg/gateway/plugin/WebFeedGatewayPlugin/atom
- European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=59bwjs&ai=10r&jc=pewo20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Government Information Quarterly http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/0740624X
- International Journal of Information Management http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/02684012
- International Journal of Management Reviews http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291468-2370
- Journal of Information Technology & Politics https://www.tandfonline.com/feed/rss/witp20
- Journal of Knowledge Management http://www.emeraldinsight.com/rss/1367-3270.xml
- Journal of Management Studies http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291467-6486
- Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%292044-8325
- Journal of Organizational Behavior http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291099-1379
- Journal of Workplace Learning http://emeraldinsight.com/rss/1366-5626.xml
- Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/07495978
- Organizational Dynamics http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/00902616
- Personnel Review http://www.emeraldinsight.com/rss/0048-3486.xml
- Public Administration Review https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/showFeed?jc=15406210&type=etoc&feed=rss
- The Information Society https://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?type=etoc&feed=rss&jc=utis20
Education Learning Media Museum Tourism
- British Journal of Educational Studies http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=1bf&jc=rbje20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- British Journal of Educational Technology http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291467-8535
- Computer Assisted Language Learning http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=10b&jc=ncal20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Curator: The Museum Journal http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%292151-6952
- Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking http://online.liebertpub.com/action/showFeed?mi=cjwv&ai=su&jc=CYBER&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Educational Research Review http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/1747938X
- Innovations in Education and Teaching International http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=12s&jc=riie20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- International Journal of Heritage Studies http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5lysy5&ai=13d&jc=rjhs20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- International Journal of Learning Technology http://www.inderscience.com/current_issues/ijlt.rss
- International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation http://www.inderscience.com/current_issues/ijmlo.rss
- International Journal of Science Education http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=17b&jc=tsed20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Journal of Computer Assisted Learning http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291365-2729
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291083-6101
- Journal of the Learning Sciences http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=2he&jc=hlns20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Journal of Workplace Learning http://www.emeraldinsight.com/rss/1366-5626.xml
- Latest Results for Quality and User Experience https://link.springer.com/search.rss?facet-content-type=Article&facet-journal-id=41233&channel-name=Quality+and+User+Experience
- Learning and Instruction http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/09594752
- Learning, Media and Technology http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=tw&jc=cjem20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Media Psychology http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=2hh&jc=hmep20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Studies in Continuing Education http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=ux&jc=csce20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Teaching in Higher Education http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5ir4xu&ai=v7&jc=cthe20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Technology, Pedagogy and Education http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=15a&jc=rtpe20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning http://feeds.feedburner.com/irrodl
- The Internet and Higher Education http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/10967516
- The Learning Organization http://www.emeraldinsight.com/rss/0969-6474.xml
- Tourism Management http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/02615177
- Visitor Studies http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=1ah&jc=uvst20&type=etoc&feed=rss
Ethics and Viewpoint Diversity
- Copy, Shake, and Paste http://copy-shake-paste.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
- Heterodox Academy http://heterodoxacademy.org/blog-rss.xml
- Intelligence Squared https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=iqsquared
- Journal of Academic Ethics http://link.springer.com/search.rss?facet-journal-id=10805&sortOrder=newestFirst&facet-content-type=Article
- Open to Debate https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=IntelligenceSquared
- ORI UPDATES http://ori.hhs.gov/feed.xml
- patter http://patthomson.wordpress.com/feed/
- Retraction Watch http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/feed/
- The Thesis Whisperer http://thesiswhisperer.com/feed/
Funding
- BMBF – Meldungen https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/de/service/rss/meldungen/rssnewsfeed.xml
- BMBF – Pressemeldungen https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/de/service/rss/presse/rssnewsfeed.xml
- BMBF – RSS Bekanntmachungen https://www.bmbf.de/bmbf/de/service/rss/bekanntmachungen/rssnewsfeed.xml
MDI UI UX
- Communications of the ACM http://cacm.acm.org/magazine.rss
- Computers & Education http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/03601315
- Computers and Composition http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/87554615
- Computers in Human Behavior http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/07475632
- Human Communication Research http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291468-2958
- Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences http://www.hcis-journal.com/latest/rss
- IEEE Pervasive Computing http://csdl.computer.org/rss/pervasive.xml
- International Journal of Human-Computer Studies http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/10715819
- International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction http://www.tandfonline.com/action/showFeed?ui=0&mi=5f384s&ai=xy&jc=hihc20&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Produktbezogen http://www.produktbezogen.de/feed/
- Toolblog https://toolblog.de/feed/
- Usabilityblog.de <http://Usabilityblog.de> http://feeds2.feedburner.com/usabilityblog/rssfeed
- User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction https://link.springer.com/search.rss?facet-content-type=Article&facet-journal-id=11257&channel-name=User+Modeling+and+User-Adapted+Interaction
Medicine
- New England Journal of Medicine https://www.nejm.org/action/showFeed?jc=nejm&type=etoc&feed=rss
Methodology Data Analysis and Statistics
- Behavior Research Methods http://link.springer.com/search.rss?facet-journal-id=13428&sortOrder=newestFirst&facet-content-type=Article
- Data Colada http://datacolada.org/rss
- DataIsBeautiful https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/.rss
- Information is Beautiful http://feeds.feedburner.com/InformationIsBeautiful
- Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291938-3703
- Not So Standard Deviations http://nssdeviations.com/rss
- Posit https://posit.co/feed
- Posts | Tidyverse https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/index.xml
- R-bloggers https://feeds.feedburner.com/RBloggers
- r4stats.com <http://r4stats.com> http://r4stats.com/blog/feed/
- Shiny https://shiny.rstudio.com/feed/blog.xml
- Simply Statistics https://feeds.feedburner.com/SimplyStatistics
- The R-Podcast https://r-podcast.org/episode/index.xml
Overviews
- Annual Review of Psychology http://www.annualreviews.org/action/showFeed?ui=45mu4&mi=3fndc3&ai=s1&jc=psych&type=etoc&feed=rss
- Applied Cognitive Psychology http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/rss/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291099-0720
Politics
- Jordan B Peterson https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=JordanPetersonVideos
- law blog http://www.lawblog.de/index.php/feed/
- Quillette https://quillette.com/articles/rss/
- Research Policy http://rss.sciencedirect.com/publication/science/00487333
- Rubin Report https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=RubinReport
- Sargon of Akkad https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=SargonofAkkad100
- sciencefiles https://sciencefiles.org/feed/
- StevenCrowder https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=StevenCrowder
- Who is Robert Malone https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/feed
- Young America’s Foundation https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=YAFTV
Happy reading/watching. 🙂