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.

Thursday, 1 April 2010

Addition of New Contributing Library

The Wiener Library - Institute of Contemporary History is the latest library to be added to SUNCAT. The Wiener Library is one of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust and Nazi era. Formed in 1933, the Library’s unique collection of over one million items includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimony. The serials collection comprises over 3000 titles from the late 19th century onwards.

SUNCAT is planning to add a total of 10 new Contributing Libraries over the course of 2010. Find out more in the latest SUNCAT Newsletter (April 2010).

This issue also includes information about: Table of Contents links; planned expansion of the SUNCAT MARC downloading service; and the recently conducted SUNCAT Impact and Satisfaction survey.

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