Kum-Bai-Yahoo Pipes

Presenter:

Lianne Hartman, Reference/Instruction Librarian, Gwynedd-Mercy College

First Pipe

http://pipes.yahoo.com

Example Fetch Feed sources
http://feeds.chronicle.com/chronicle/wiredcampus?format=xml
http://feeds.wired.com/wired/index

Example URL Builder source
http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=bookcase&format=rss

RSS in databases
Ebsco
WilsonWeb

Surveymonkey - Create a journal alert form
FeedBurner - Send RSS feeds via email
RSS2HTML - Post RSS feeds on your website (requires download)


Catalog URLs

VendorURLKeywordOther parameters
Sirsihttp://baseurl/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/5/  searchdata1=  
Sirsi 2http://baseurl/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5/  searchdata1=  
Voyager http://baseurl/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi SAB1=DB=local
FLD1=keyword+anywhere+(GKEY)
CNT=25
SL=Submit&TYPE=am|8
Search_Code=FT*
Innovative   http://baseurl/search/ searcharg=searchscope=1
searchtype=Y
SORT=D

Resources

Slides available http://www.slideshare.net/lianneah/kum-bai-yahoo-pipes/

TCLC Summer Camp Yahoo! Pipes Quick Reference Guide (pdf)