SUNCAT Blog

SUNCAT is the Serials Union CATalogue for the UK research community.

SUNCAT is a free EDINA service enabling researchers, librarians and others to locate serials held in libraries throughout the UK. The catalogue contains information on both print and electronic serials, including journals, periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, magazines, annual reports and other publications of a continuing nature.

SUNCAT currently contains serials' information from over 70 UK research libraries, including the British Library and the National Libraries of Scotland and Wales. New libraries continue to be added to the catalogue on a regular basis.

Friday, 27 January 2012

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the last week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

  • Birmingham University (22 Dec 12)
  • CONSER (25 Jan 12)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (13 Jan 12)
  • Durham University (24 Jan 12)
  • Edinburgh University (21 Jan 12)
  • Kingston University (18 Nov 11)
  • Liverpool University (19 Jan 12)
  • National Library of Scotland (04 Jan 12)
  • Newcastle University (18 Jan 12)
  • Royal College of Music (17 Jan 12)
  • Sheffield University (14 Jan 12)
  • Southampton University (22 Jan 12)
  • Swansea University (15 Jan 12)
  • Trinity College Dublin (04 Jan 12)
  • University of the West of England (UWE) (23 Jan 12)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 20 January 2012

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the last week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

  • Bristol University (11 Jan 12)
  • British Library (23 Dec 11)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (09 Jan 12)
  • Manchester Metropolitan University (10 Jan 12)
  • National Art Library (19 Dec 11)
  • Royal Society of Medicine (06 Jan 12)
  • St Andrews University (05 Jan 12)
  • School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London (06 Jan 12)
  • Warwick University (04 Jan 12)
  • Wellcome Library (04 Jan 12)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 13 January 2012

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the last week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

  • Aberystwyth University (15 Dec 11)
  • Cambridge University (03 Jan 12)
  • Cardiff University (22 Dec 11)
  • CONSER (11 Jan 12)
  • Dundee University (04 Jan 12)
  • Edinburgh University (21 Dec 11)
  • Glasgow University (05 Jan 12)
  • King's College London (01 Jan 12)
  • London Business School (01 Jan 12)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (04 Jan 12)
  • Loughborough University (16 Dec 11)
  • NERC: Natural Environment Research Council (16 Dec 11)
  • Queen's University Belfast (01 Jan 12)
  • Sussex University (03 Jan 12)
  • University College London (09 Jan 12)
  • University of the West of England (UWE) (23 Dec 11)
  • York University (03 Jan 12)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 6 January 2012

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the last three weeks. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

  • CONSER (04 Jan 12)
  • Durham University (21 Dec 11)
  • Edinburgh Napier University (16 Dec 11)
  • Imperial College, London (01 Dec 11)
  • ISSN (16 Dec 11)
  • Kent University (01 Jan 12)
  • Leicester University (21 Dec 11)
  • Natural History Museum (16 Dec 11)
  • Newcastle University (14 Dec 11)
  • Nottingham University (03 Jan 12)
  • Queen Mary, University of London (15 Dec 11)
  • Sheffield University (14 Dec 11)
  • Southampton University (25 Dec 11)
  • Trinity College Dublin (06 Dec 11)
  • University of East Anglia (16 Dec 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Monday, 19 December 2011

Season's Greetings from the SUNCAT team

The SUNCAT team would like to wish everyone involved in SUNCAT and who use the service a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We thought we'd make it a tradition to give you some weird and wonderful Christmas themed journal titles that can be found in SUNCAT.

  • Ferret Fantasy’s Christmas annual
  • Everybody’s Christmas Annual. [for 1877.] Hell upon Earth [by N. Forsith]; or, the Bard and the Demon. A romaunt of the times. Illustrated by R. Prowse, Junr.
  • Nobody’s baby : a Christmas fancy for maids, wives & widows, young husbands & very old bachelors.
  • Fun with Father Christmas
  • Christmas Tree News
Have a look in SUNCAT during 2012 for more interesting journal titles!

Friday, 16 December 2011

SUNCAT updated

SUNCAT has been updated. Updates from the following libraries were loaded into the catalogue in the last week. The dates displayed indicate when the files were received by SUNCAT.

  • CONSER (14 Dec 11)
  • Cranfield University (13 Dec 11)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (12 Dec 11)
  • Exeter University (05 Dec 11)
  • Glasgow University (13 Dec 11)
  • Hull University (05 Dec 11)
  • Leeds University (05 Dec 11)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (12 Dec 11)
  • Queen's University Belfast (01 Dec 11)
  • Royal College of Music (14 Dec 11)
  • Royal College of Nursing (01 Dec 11)
  • Royal Society of Medicine (02 Dec 11)
  • St Andrews University (12 Dec 11)
  • Southampton University (11 Dec 11)
  • Swansea University (15 Dec 11)
  • University College London (05 Dec 11)
  • Warwick University (05 Dec 11)
  • York University (06 Dec 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

SUNCAT Newsletter - new issue

The latest SUNCAT Newsletter (Issue 9, December 2011) is now available. This issue includes information about:

  • New libraries on SUNCAT
  • Case studies highlighting SUNCAT's impact
  • Tables of contents (ToCs) links on SUNCAT
  • SUNCAT Google app
  • SUNCAT's involvement in Open/Linked data project work
  • SUNCAT's cooperation with the UK Research Reserve (UKRR)
  • Expansion of the free MARC downloading service for SUNCAT Contributing Libraries
  • Details of the latest user satisfaction survey
  • How to integrate SUNCAT into your library website and services
  • Introductory videos

If you have questions about any of the items in the newsletter please contact us at edina@ed.ac.uk.