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.

Wednesday, 22 December 2010

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! As it is Christmas we thought we would give you some weird and wonderful Christmas themed journal titles that can be found in SUNCAT.

  • Global Trade Perspective Christmas Tree Lighting Sets (University of Exeter)
  • Round the ingle : and other Christmas cheer : being the extra part of "The Fireside". (University of Manchester)
  • Christmas bird count. (University of Oxford)
  • Etherington’s Christmas Annual. “Danger.” Illustrated. Edited by L. Winter. (British Library)
Have a look in SUNCAT during 2011 for more interesting journal titles!

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 (01 Nov 10)
  • CONSER (15 Dec 10)
  • ISSN (15 Dec 10)
  • Kingston University (11 Dec 10)
  • Queen's University, Belfast (01 Dec 10)
  • St Andrews University (02 Dec 10)
  • Sheffield University (14 Dec 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 17 December 2010

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.

  • British Library (26 Nov 10)
  • Cardiff University(24 Nov 10)
  • CONSER (08 Dec 10)
  • Durham University (22 Nov 10)
  • Edinburgh University (21 Nov 10)
  • Kent University (01 Dec 10)
  • Leicester University (10 Dec 10)
  • National Library of Scotland (02 Dec 10)
  • Nottingham University (01 Dec 10)
  • Oxford University (23 Nov 10)
  • Royal College of Music (03 Dec 10)
  • Royal College of Nursing (01 Dec 10)
  • Sheffield Hallam University (19 Nov 10)
  • Southampton University (29 Nov 10)
  • Stirling University (19 Nov 10)
  • Sussex University (08 Dec 10)
  • Warwick University (14 Dec 10)
  • Wellcome Library (10 Dec 10)
  • York University (02 Dec 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Weird and wonderful journals in SUNCAT

Containing serials records of 78 libraries plus DOAJ, ISSN and CONSER it is not surprising to find that there are some weird and wonderful titles held in SUNCAT. In honour of these fantastic titles the SUNCAT team are starting a regular feature highlighting some of them and where they can be found.

  • 2006 2011 World Outlook for Boxed Assorted Chocolate Christmas Candies (University of Exeter)
  • School meals statistics (London School of Economics & Political Science)
  • British Potato Council News (University of the West of England)
  • The Christmas tree: a book of instruction and amusement for all young people. (University of Cambridge)
  • The Hypocrite unmasked (University of Nottingham)

To find out more about these titles and to find other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT.

Friday, 10 December 2010

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.

  • London School of Economics & Political Science (08 Nov 10)
  • Natural History Museum (15 Nov 10)
  • Newcastle University (18 Nov 10)
  • School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London (17 Nov 10)
  • Swansea University (15 Nov 10)
  • University College London (08 Nov 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.