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Lots of options are available for keeping current in a topic, and it quite different from only 10 or 15 years ago. Today, there are things such as blogs and RSS feeds.

AUR uses these technologies.

Blogs

• Technorati.

This is the main blog listing in the world. Searching can be done by individual posts, or by categories.

• Google Blog Search

Similar to Technorati, but there is no search by categories.

• The Academic Blog Portal

This is the main site for finding blogs belonging to academics and departments. Arranged by topic.

• The AUR Library Blog

News about the AUR library.

RSS Feeds (see the Wikipedia article)

• The AUR News Feeds are based on RSS feeds. These provide you with the latest articles from selected magazines.
  
• Other RSS feeds are all over the web, and they can be used with specific software. Look for this image:
  

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