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, 30 September 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.

  • Birmingham University (22 Sep 11)
  • CONSER (28 Sep 11)
  • Durham University (27 Sep 11)
  • Glasgow University (19 Sep 11)
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (19 Sep 11)
  • Loughborough University (19 Sep 11)
  • Newcastle University (22 Sep 11)
  • St Andrews University (01 Sep 11)
  • Sheffield University (14 Sep 11)
  • Southampton University (25 Sep 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 23 September 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.

  • Aberystwyth University (12 Sep 11)
  • Royal College of Music (19 Sep 11)
  • Southampton University (18 Sep 11)
  • Swansea University (15 Sep 11)
  • Women's Library, London Metropolitan University (09 Sep 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Thursday, 22 September 2011

Another SUNCAT Contributing Library - Queen Mary, University of London

SUNCAT is pleased to announce another new Contributing Library, that of Queen Mary, University of London. Just under 29,000 of the Library’s serials records have just been added, which cover the wide range of teaching and research activity currently undertaken by the University. Subject areas include humanities, social sciences, law, medicine and dentistry, and science and engineering.

For more information on SUNCAT Contributing Libraries and to locate serials held in these libraries visit our website.

Monday, 19 September 2011

SUNCAT welcomes the Institution of Civil Engineers

The Institution of Civil Engineers is SUNCAT’s latest Contributing Library, with just over 5,700 serials records having just been added. The ICE Library is the largest resource in Civil Engineering in the world and its collection is designated as being of outstanding national importance by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. The collection includes: major conference series such as the Soil Mechanics conferences, Earthquake Engineering conferences and Offshore Technology conferences; over 900 periodicals taken from all around the world; and major report series, such as TRL reports, CIRIA reports and Hydraulics Research reports.

Check out SUNCAT for the full range of Contributing Libraries and their extensive journal holdings.

Friday, 16 September 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 Sep 11)
  • Durham University (05 Sep 11)
  • ISSN (10 Sep 11)
  • Leicester University (01 Sep 11)
  • London Business School (01 Sep 11)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (05 Sep 11)
  • Natural History Museum (13 Sep 11)
  • Queen's University Belfast (01 Sep 11)
  • Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (06 Sep 11)
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (06 Sep 11)
  • Royal Society of Medicine (05 Sep 11)
  • Southampton University (11 Sep 11)
  • Stirling University (09 Sep 11)
  • Sussex University (06 Sep 11)
  • Tate Library (Tate Britain) (12 Sep 11)
  • University of the West of England (UWE) (01 Sep 11)
  • Warwick University (07 Sep 11)
  • York University (13 Sep 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 9 September 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.

  • Cambridge University (01 Sep 11)
  • CONSER (07 Sep 11)
  • Dundee University (02 Sep 11)
  • Edinburgh Napier University (01 Sep 11)
  • Exeter University (02 Sep 11)
  • Imperial College, London (01 Sep 11)
  • King's College London (01 Sep 11)
  • National Library of Scotland (01 Sep 11)
  • Nottingham University (01 Sep 11)
  • Royal College of Nursing (01 Sep 11)
  • Southampton University (04 Sep 11)
  • University College London (06 Sep 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Monday, 5 September 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.

  • Cardiff University (25 Aug 11)
  • CONSER (31 Aug 11)
  • Kent University (01 Sep 11)
  • Liverpool University (09 Aug 11)
  • Newcastle University (24 Aug 11)
  • Southampton University (28 Aug 11)
  • Warwick University (25 Aug 11)
  • York University (23 Aug 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.