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An RSS reader allows you to easily view new content from multiple web sites in a single interface, such as:

table of contents from new issues of journals
new articles on a specific topic from many journals
new books in the MIT Libraries
new patents in specific technology areas
news in science, technology, business, health, etc. from Google, New York Times, BBC, etc.

Similar services are available via email through Table of Contents / Research Alert Services.

Aspect	RSS Feeds	Email Alerts
Login/registration with content provider	Subscribing to feeds is (usually) anonymous.	You must set up an account for each, so there are multiple logins to deal with and some lack of privacy.
Segregate or integrate	Segregates your news so it doesn't get buried as you deal with more urgent emails.	Integrates your news with your email so there is only one interface to check.
Managing news	Items are automatically deleted or marked as read.	Every news item that comes in has to be manually deleted/filed.
Interface	Different readers allow different layouts and usually have customizable preferences.	Email comes in standard format.
Availability	Common for table of contents alerts, only some databases have RSS feeds for saved searches; however, you can convert email to RSS feeds using Bloglines.	Common; however, you can also convert RSS feeds to email if that is your preferred format.

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