Kum-Bai-Yahoo Pipes
Presenter:
Lianne Hartman, Reference/Instruction Librarian, Gwynedd-Mercy College
First Pipe
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
| Vendor | URL | Keyword | Other parameters |
| Sirsi | http://baseurl/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/5/ | searchdata1= | |
| Sirsi 2 | http://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)