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.

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.

Friday, 9 December 2011

SUNCAT updated

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

  • Bristol University (05 Dec 11)
  • British Library (02 Dec 11)
  • Cambridge University (02 Dec 11)
  • Cardiff University (24 Nov 11)
  • CONSER (07 Dec 11)
  • Dundee University (01 Dec 11)
  • Kent University (01 Dec 11)
  • King's College London (01 Dec 11)
  • London Business School (01 Dec 11)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (01 Dec 11)
  • Manchester University (22 Nov 11)
  • National Library of Scotland (02 Dec 11)
  • Nottingham University (01 Dec 11)
  • Sheffield University (14 Nov 11)
  • Southampton University (04 Dec 11)
  • Sussex University (01 Dec 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.