What is a blog?
A blog (Web log) is a website where journal entries are kept in reverse chronological order. Blogs usually focus on a specific topic and are frequently updated. Most blogs have one author referred to as a “blogger,” but there are also group authored blogs. While many blogs are personal in nature, others are news and research related. According to Technorati.com there are approximately 62 million blogs.
How do I find a blog?
There are many news, academic, and research blogs. You might begin your search by looking at some of these sites:
Blogs listed by the Chronicle of Higher Education
ScienceBlogs from the creators of Seed Magazine
George Mason University's History News Network
Technorati.com
Google Blog Search
How do I keep track of blog feeds?
If you are following the updates of more than one blog it can be too time consuming visiting every blog everyday. If you'd like to receive all the updates to the blogs you read in one simple location get a newsreader and the RSS feeds of the blogs.
