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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, 24 June 2009

New libraries added to SUNCAT

The serials' holdings of two new libraries have been added to SUNCAT, bringing the total number of contributing libraries to 70, plus the CONSER database, the ISSN register and the Directory of Open Access Journals.

Stirling University Library is the eighth Scottish higher education library to be added to SUNCAT, joining Aberdeen University, Dundee University, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh University, Glasgow University and St. Andrews University. Stirling University is currently contributing around 36,000 serial records.

The National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) Library joins three other medical libraries on SUNCAT, the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the Royal College of Nursing and the Royal Society of Medicine. The NIMR serials collection covers subjects such as neuroscience, molecular and cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics, structural biology, developmental biology, immunology, parasitology, virology and microbiology. Initially NIMR is contributing around 3,000 serial records.

For a full list of the 70 libraries contributing to SUNCAT, please go to http://www.suncat.ac.uk/description/contributing_libraries.html

Posted by SUNCAT Team at 17:00
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