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Journal Feeds By Subject

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Looking for E-Journal Lists?

RSS Feeds for 2400+ biomedical and health sciences journals grouped by subject.

Subscribe to the Current Issue Journal Feed:
The rss feed image next to each title provides a link to the newsfeed for each journal.

View the Current Issue Table of Contents:
Click TABLE OF CONTENTS to view titles, article summaries, and article links.

RSS Feeds for E-Journals (Alphabetical)

Looking for E-Journal Lists?

A-Z list of RSS Feeds for 2400+ biomedical and health sciences journals.

Subscribe to the Current Issue Journal Feed:
The rss feed image next to each title provides a link to the feed for each journal. Copy the link and add it to your newsreader.

View the Current Issue Table of Contents:
Click TABLE OF CONTENTS to view titles, article summaries, and article links.

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RSS News Feeds

General and Topic Based RSS News Feeds

Subscribe to the News Feed:
The rss feed image next to each title provides a link to the feed. Copy the link and add it to your newsreader.

Preview the Feed:
Click the hyperlinked news feed title below to view headlines, dates of publication, summaries, and a direct link to the news article itself.

Special Topics

rss feed Aging News (Big News Network.com) rss feed MHRA Drug Alerts (DrugInfoZone)
rss feed Allergy & Clinical Immunology (Medscape) rss feed Muskuloskeletal News (DrugInfoZone)
rss feed Business of Medicine (Medscape) rss feed Natural Health News (Big News Network.com)
rss feed Cancer News (Big News Network.com) rss feed Nephrology (Medscape)
rss feed Cancer News (DrugInfoZone) rss feed Neurology & Neurosurgery (Medscape)
rss feed Cardiology (Medscape) rss feed NIEHS Press Releases (NIEHS)
rss feed Cardiology News (DrugInfoZone) rss feed Nursing (Medscape)
rss feed CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention Resources (CDC) rss feed Ob/Gyn & Women's Health (Medscape)
rss feed CDC Public Health Law News (CDC) rss feed Office of Communication Media Relations (CDC)
rss feed Critical Care (Medscape) rss feed Ophthalmology (Medscape)
rss feed Dermatology (Medscape) rss feed Orthopaedics (Medscape)
rss feed Diabetes & Endocrinology (Medscape) rss feed Pathology & Lab Medicine (Medscape)
rss feed Diabetes News (DrugInfoZone) rss feed Pediatrics (Medscape)
rss feed Emergency Medicine (Medscape) rss feed Pharmacists (Medscape)
rss feed Environmental News (European Public Health Alliance) rss feed Psychiatry & Mental Health (Medscape)
rss feed Family Medicine / Primary Care (Medscape) rss feed Psychology News (Big News Network.com)
rss feed Fitness News (Big News Network.com) rss feed Public Health & Prevention (Medscape)
rss feed Gastroenterology (Medscape) rss feed Public Health News (Big News Network.com)
rss feed General Surgery (Medscape) rss feed Public Service Announcements for Hurricanes (CDC)
rss feed Health Industry (NewsIsFree) rss feed Pulmonary Medicine (Medscape)
rss feed Hematology-Oncology (Medscape) rss feed Radiology (Medscape)
rss feed HIV/AIDS (Medscape) rss feed Respiratory News (DrugInfoZone)
rss feed Infection News (DrugInfoZone) rss feed Rheumatology (Medscape)
rss feed Infectious Diseases (Medscape) rss feed Technology & Medicine (Medscape)
rss feed Internal Medicine (Medscape) rss feed Transplantation (Medscape)
rss feed Med Students (Medscape) rss feed Urology (Medscape)
rss feed Mental Health News (DrugInfoZone) rss feed Wired News: Med-Tech Cluster (Wired News)

What is RSS and Why Should I Care?

RSS can save you time and hassle by letting you keep current with your professional reading conveniently and easily.

Imagine a Table of Contents service where you can quickly scan the contents of any number of the latest journals at your convenience and with no nagging e-mail clutter. When you come across an article you'd like to read, full-text is available at your fingertips. Updates on literature searches and news can be automatically sent to your reader for you to peruse at your leisure.

Getting started with RSS is easier than you might think, and is likely to become an indispensable tool for keeping you current and saving you time.

For assistance in getting started with RSS, contact your Library Liaison or Ask a Librarian.

RSS Videos

RSS Overview flash video
A practical introduction to RSS developed for Ebling's health sciences audience.

RSS in Plain English flash video
Don't let the emphasis on blogs fool you. This overview is as relevant as it is irreverent.

Where do I get a Reader?

There are a wide variety of RSS readers to choose from, from stand-alone desktop applications to web-based applications to built-in browser and email-based solution. A large selection of RSS readers can be found at RSS Compendium - NewsReaders.

Here are some of our favorites:

Google Reader is a very powerful browser-based feed reader that offers the additional advantage of integration with other Google applications and services, such as Google Personalized.
Bloglines is one of the most popular and widely known of the web-based readers.
Thunderbird Email
client has built-in RSS support. Each new feed item is received much like an email message.
AmphetaDesk is a very robust desktop-based application.
Firefox (v. 1.5+) and Internet Explorer (v.7) both offer built-in RSS support.

How Do I Find RSS Feeds?

Browser Autodiscovery
There are browser add-ons that can alert you when you're on a site that offers a feed and allow you to subscribe via your choice of reader. Recent releases of Internet Explorer and Firefox both offer built-in automatic subscription options that appear if you click on a feed link.

Feed Images
If you see this icon rss in your address window after the site url, or in a web page, that indicates the site offers a feed. example rss iconexample rss icon are also commonly used to indicate a feed link. Here's a few more you may see.

 

Finding Journal Table of Contents Feeds

Increasingly,vendors and publishers are providing feeds for their titles, but they are far from universally available and aren't always easy to find.

Individual Feeds

We've collected feeds for over 1900 health sciences journals. If you've got a particular journal title your'e looking for, try our comprehensive alphabetical list of feeds. If you want to see what's available on a particular topic, try our feed listing by subject.

Feed Bundles (OPML)

While you can always subscribe to feeds one by one, now you have the option to subscribe to groups of feeds (everything in a category or top picks by journal impact factor) simply by downloading and importing a small file into your feed reader. You'll find these OPML files in our listing of feeds by subject.

Finding Health News Feeds

There are a great many sites that list news (and blog) feeds by topic. We recommend:

Medworm
RSS for Medics
Medscape Headlines

If you are looking for a feed for a particular resource or topic, simply searching Google using the name of the resource or topic of interest and "RSS" or "Feed" may lead you directly to what you are looking for.

Page last updated: March 21, 2008 Questions or suggestions? Contact Rebecca Holz