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.

• Hull University (17 Aug 12)
• Liverpool University (24 Aug 12)
• Queen Mary, University of London (15 Aug 12)
• Sheffield University (14 Aug 12)
• Southampton University (26 Aug 12)
• University of the West of England (UWE) (23 Aug 12)
• Warwick University (22 Aug 12)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Weird and Wonderful Doctor Who

As all Doctor Who fans know, series seven starts tomorrow with the showing of 'Asylum of the Daleks'. To celebrate this here are some Doctor Who titles found in SUNCAT. 

• Celestial toyroom : the Doctor Who Appreciation Society newsletter.
• The Big Finish companion.
• Doctor Who : an adventure in space & time.
• Doctor Who. The forgotten.
• Doctor Who. The time machination.
• Doctor Who activity annual.
• Doctor Who battles in time special.
• Doctor Who DVD files : the ultimate build-up Doctor Who encyclopedia.
• Doctor Who ... events.
• Doctor Who poster magazine.
• The Doctor Who quiz book.
• Doctor Who Radio Times Special.
• The Doctor’s recorder.
• Howe’s transcendental toybox : update .../ the complete guide to ... merchandise.
• In-vision : the making of a television drama series.
• Second Dimension.
• Star Trek : the Next Generation. Doctor Who: Assimilation.
• Tardis.
• The tides of time : magazine of the Oxford University Doctor Who Society.
• The Tomb.

While searching for titles using ‘Doctor Who’ as keywords, we came across the following title ‘Edgar Wallace mystery magazine’. Judging by the sample contents this would also make a very interesting read!

For more science fiction serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT.

Paralympics 2012 – weird and wonderful titles

Today is the start of competition in the London 2012 Paralympics. To mark this occasion here are some weird and wonderful titles covering the various Paralympics sports, as well a couple of titles on this year's Paralympics Games. Can you guess which sports the titles refer to? All answers can be found in SUNCAT. We wish Team GB the very best of luck during the next 11 days.

• The egg chaser.
• Wooden Spoon Society rugby world.
• Nock-nock.
• The Athlete : he who strives / edited by Capt. F. A. M. Webster.
• Autumn tints newsletter.
• Bike to the future newsletter.
• Alotta balls.
• The May bee.
• Hello Sea Lions!! The official organ of the first and only international league of young swimmers (Young Swimmers’ League). no. 1-4, 6. Feb., April-June, Aug., 1937.
• The Tadpole.
• Touché!
• Musketeers news.
• Tennis & fashion.
• Topspin.
• Muzzle blasts.
• S.O. alive!
• Sports ’n spokes.
• Matside.
• Relax, etc.
• Maple Street Press Wildcat tip-off.
• XXL basketball.
• The Spiker.
• London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games annual report.
• Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012 related Internet sites.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT football fanzines blog posts.

(Serial) match of the day – part 2

Here is the second in the series of weird and wonderful football titles. Match the football club with the fanzine! All the answers can be found by searching SUNCAT.

Fanzines:

• Exceedingly good pies.
• Still, mustn’t grumble.
• Only the lonely : the boo-boys banter.
• Mass Hibsteria.
• Nightmare on Terregles Street.
• Fly me to the moon.
• One nil down, two one up.
• No-one likes us.
• Brian Moore’s head.
• Made in Brum.
• Wendy who?
• Love Street syndrome.
• A fine lung.
• Another Wasted Corner
• The heavenly dancers.
• Stark’s bark.
• The Morning after.
• Linesman, you’re rubbish

Football clubs:

Arsenal; Gillingham; Hibernian; Dundee; St Johnstone; Liverpool; Birmingham City; Middlesbrough; Heart of Midlothian; Airdrie; Aberystwyth Town; Millwall; Raith Rovers; St Mirren; Aberdeen; Queen of the South; Rochdale; Manchester United.

For more football serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT football blog posts.

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 Aug 12)
• Cambridge University (02 Aug 12)
• CONSER (22 Aug 12)
• Cranfield University (20 Aug 12)
• Durham University (17 Aug 12)
• Essex University (07 Aug 12)
• Glasgow University (08 Aug 12)
• Liverpool University (16 Aug 12)
• Newcastle University (22 Aug 12)
• Oxford University (27 Jul 12)
• Royal College of Music (17 Aug 12)
• Sheffield Hallam University (15 Aug 12)
• Southampton University (19 Aug 12)
• Sussex University (10 Aug 12)
• Women's Library, London Metropolitan University (02 Aug 12)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

(Serial) match of the day – part 1

It is the beginning of the football season and to mark this occasion here are some weird and wonderful football titles. In fact, there are so many that this is the first in a series. Many of the titles are fanzines for specific football clubs all around the country. Just for fun, can you match the fanzine with the football club?  Some are easier than others! All the answers can be found by searching SUNCAT.

Fanzine titles:

• The blue Brazilian.
• Half magpie, half biscuit.
• There’s a store where the creatures meet
• Mo Mo Super Mo.
• It’s half past four ... and we’re 2-0 down.
• Sing when we’re fishing.
• The alternative Queen’s speech.
• The Foxy ferret.
• Nay need to lose the heid.
• Always the bridesmaid.
• Singing the blues : the City fanzine that doesn’t like Un*t*d!
• Who ate all the pies.
• Where’s the tunnel?
• Lard & Lager.
• Now we want Pele!
• Derek I’m gutted!!!

Football club:

Manchester City; Motherwell; Chesham United; Port Vale; Grimsby Town; Burnley; Heart of Midlothian; St. Mirren; Carlisle; East Fife; Bolton Wanderers; Queen of the South; Cowdenbeath; Montrose; Newcastle United; Dundee.

For more football serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the football series of blog posts.

Searching for weird and wonderful titles

It was great working on the series of weird and wonderful Olympic Games blog posts. If you would like a go at searching for titles in SUNCAT here are a few different ways of going about it. They all have their plus and minus points!

Basic search ‘title keyword(s)’: The words you type in the search box appear only in title fields, which are the 222, 245 and 246 MARC tags.

This search is very good to identify relevant titles on the topic you are looking for. However, this search will not bring back all titles on the subject if the search terms do not appear in the title field.

Also be aware that the title of the publication may be misleading!  When searching for ‘canoe’ one result was ‘Stone canoe’. However, by looking at the whole record you can see that this title has nothing to do with canoeing.  Looking for clues in this way is not always easy. It is very much dependent on the standard of the record. A search engine had to be used in a couple of cases to make sure that the title was indeed relevant as the record was very brief, one example being ‘Judo Joe’.

Basic search ‘keyword(s)’: The words you type in appear anywhere in the record.

This search is great to identify publication titles which do not seem to have anything to do with the subject. Examples include: ‘The Bump’ and ‘The Mayonnaise’, which are both rowing titles.

You do sometimes get titles which have nothing to do with the subject. An example of this is a basic keyword search using ‘badminton’, which brought back titles such as ‘Socialist beacon’ and ‘Rambler for folk’.  In this case ‘Badminton’ is the publishing location.Remember to check the whole record to see that they are to do with the search terms you enter.

Basic search subject headings: The words you type in appear in the 6XX tags in a record, which correspond to subject heading schemas such Library of Congress Subject Headings, and even local subject classification schemes.

There was a particular problem when searching for ‘hockey’ and ‘diving’, where there are different types of each discipline.  Looking at the subject headings is a good way of identifying which it is referring to. However, as always, we are very much dependent on the quality of the record. Some records contained the subject ‘field hockey’, but some just used ‘hockey’.  Here you just need to look at the other information in the record and also use some common sense, for example ice hockey is more popular in Canada and the USA than field hockey. 

Use of Boolean operators

The Boolean operators ‘AND’, OR’ and ‘NOT’ can be used in the basic search box when searching under ‘keyword(s)’ or ‘title keyword(s)’. This was used to try and get titles on the right kind of diving and hockey.

diving NOT deep NOT scuba

hockey AND field NOT ice

This improves the search results, but some irrelevant titles do still come through as they do not contain the exact words entered in the search box.  Again, a good quality record helps!

Conclusion

There are many ways to search SUNCAT, all with their own merits. As can be seen from the above, it is best to use a variety of search techniques when trying to find titles on a specific subject area. If you are looking for a specific title then the basis search 'exact title' or 'ISSN' is more appropriate. Alternatively, you can use the advanced search options. For more information on searching in SUNCAT click on 'Help' at the top right-hand corner of the SUNCAT basic search or advanced search pages.

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.

• Bradford University (06 Aug 12)
• CONSER (15 Aug 12)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (10 Aug 12)
• Dundee University (02 Aug 12)
• ISSN (09 Aug 12)
• Kent University (01 Aug 12)
• Kingston University (42 Jul 12)
• Liverpool University (03 Aug 12)
• London School of Economics and Political Science (13 Aug 12)
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (03 Aug 12)
• Nottingham University (01 Aug 12)
• Robert Gordon University (01 Aug 12)
• Royal Society of Medicine (09 Aug 12)
• St Andrews University (14 Aug 12)
• Southampton University (12 Aug 12)
• Swansea University (15 Aug 12)
• University College London (08 Aug 12)
• York University (08 Aug 12)
• Zoological Society of London (26 Jun 12)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Olympic Games – Other weird and wonderful sporting titles

This is the fourteenth and last in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful titles from a variety of sports not already covered in our series, as well as some more general sporting titles. London 2012 has been a wonderful event and the most successful ever for Team GB. Roll on the Paralympics, which starts on the 29^th August! 

• The Annals of sporting and fancy gazette a magazine, entirely appropriated to sporting subjects
• Bicycle Journal, Swimming and General Athletic & Pedestrian Recorder.
• The Annals of sporting and fancy gazette: a magazine, entirely appropriated to sporting subjects and fancy pursuits; containing everything worthy of remark on hunting, shooting, coursing, racing, fishing, cocking, pugilism, wrestling, singlestick, pedestrianism, cricket, billiards, rowing, sailing, etc., accompanied with striking representations of the various subjects.
• The Scottish umpire : a journal devoted to out-door sports : football, cricket, cycling, lawn tennis, swimming & rowing.
• Ixion, a journal of velocipeding, athletics and aerostatics.
• The Wide Awake : A journal of athletics, football and cycling and competition index.
• The Sporting Globe : A weekly journal dealing with the turf, finance, theatre, athletics, etc.
• 3Touch volleyball.
• Britvic national volleyball league / English Volleyball Association.
• Jersey Shore volleyball : JSVB.
• On the line: Welsh Volleyball Association newsletter.
• Performance conditioning for volleyball : a newsletter dedicated to improving the volleyball player.
• Thumper / Alberta Volleyball Association.
• Dig : beach volleyball life.
• BMX snap.
• Dig BMX.
• Invert : street, vert and dirt
• Terps today : water polo [program].
• Water polo scoreboard.  
• International journal of table tennis sciences.
• Spin : official magazine of the U.S. Table Tennis Association / United States Table Tennis Association.
• Topping : national team bulletin of the Canadian Table Tennis Association = bulletin de l’équipe nationale de l’Association canadienne de tennis de table.
• TopAce : Irish handball annual.
• Killshot.
• Back flip gymnastics magazine
• Flying squirrels: all-American gymnastics newsletter.
• Science of Gymnastics Journal
• Sport rhythmika : the official publication of the Alberta Rhythmic Sportive Gymnastics Federation.
• Grasp : the technical journal of the British Amateur Gymnastics Association.
• Official AAU trampoline and tumbling handbook.
• Mademoiselle gymnast.
• Zot van gym!
• 2006 2011 World Outlook for Horizontal and Parallel Bars Balance Beams Trampolines Wrestling and Other Gymnasium Mats and Gymnasium
• 3 go triathlon.
• The series : the official pre-season program of The ... Bud Light U.S. Triathlon Series.
• Transition : the official magazine of The London Triathlon Ltd.
• The loon : lovely old OUMPA newsletter.
• The Bazaar Book of Hockey ... By A Past International. Illustrated.
• Oldtimers hockey news.
• Roseberry Ladies Hockey Club Sunday Invitation League match reports and results.
• Sticks : the monthly magazine for Kent Hockey.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Also watch out for a post on how SUNCAT was searched to find all these great Olympic Games titles.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful athletics titles

This is the thirteenth in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful athletics titles. There have been some wonderful performances by athletes at the Olympic Stadium. Olympic history has been made, with Kenya's David Rudisha who broke his own world record to claim Olympic gold in the 800m, and Usain Bolt who is the first man ever to win the Olympic Games sprint double twice in succession. And who can forget the night when three British athletes – Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farrah - won gold?  Good luck to the British athletes for today and tomorrow.

• The ’Athletics arena’ athletics cartoon book.
• Athletics employment weekly.
• The Athlete : he who strives / edited by Capt. F. A. M. Webster.
• The ’Athletics weekly’ file on Sebastian Coe & Steve Ovett / compiled and edited by Mel Watman.
• Backtrack : newsletter of the British Athletics Supporters Club.
• Florida running : official publication of the Florida Athletics [Congress].
• Jayhawks, inside Kansas athletics.
• Library of ancient athletics.
• Pirates’ chest : a publication devoted exclusively to East Carolina athletics.
• The R.A.P. : (Recreation,athletics,pleasure.).
• The ... crimson review : the annual photographic review of Indiana University athletics.
• Tibet Athletics
• Computerized world ranking list of best athletes and absolut [sic] world ranking list.
• Faster, higher, stronger : FHS
• Fire sport : the magazine of the Fire Services Sport and Athletics Association.
• The Georgia bulldog.
• How to organise and conduct a Sports Meeting. (How to organise and control an athletics meetings.).
• Inside the Auburn Tigers.
• Longhorn scoreboard.
• The Scots Athlete : to stimulate interest, to develop enthusiasm and to encourage sportsmanship in Scotland / edited by Walter J. Ross.
• Spikes.
• Webfoot line : the magazine of Oregon sports.
• The Winged foot.
• Women’s Athletics : the magazine for the outdoor girl.
• The Spearhead : newsletter of the Javelin Class Association, Inc.
• Chaseform annual : jumping season complete record of all steeplechasing and hurdling in Great Britain.
• Asian runner, incorporating On & on : fitness, nutrition, health.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful sailing titles

This is the twelfth in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful sailing titles. The men and women are in action in the 470 medal race. Good luck to Hannah Mills, Sasha Clark, Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell. Let’s hope that the conditions in Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour are excellent! Also congratulations to Ben Ainslie for winning Gold and being the most successful sailor in Olympic Games history.

• Afloat : sailing, motorboating, watersports.
• All at sea : Britain’s waterfront newspaper.
• Admiralty sailing directions.
• Blue water sailing.
• Cork Dry Gin sailing annual.
• Gam on lake sailing.
• Good old boat.
• Journal of the Little Ship Club.
• The News from the Port Hole.
• Folkboat ...
• Ireland afloat.
• Making waves : the newsletter of the Jubilee Sailing Trust.
• Sailing and where to anchor.
• Sailing directions (enroute) for the English Channel
• Texas sailing.
• Getting afloat / compiled in conjunction with the Ship and Boat Builders’ National Federation.
• No quarter given.
• Sailing with spirit.
• The Shallow water sailor.
• Spyglass.
• Sailing cruisers under £4,500
• Scots n’ water.
• Multihulls.
• The Nelson touch
• Build the Endeavour : the voyage of Captain Cook : construct your scale-model of Captain Cook’s ship and follow his journey of exploration.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful basketball titles

This is the eleventh in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful basketball titles, of which there are many! There is no longer any British representation, but both the men’s and women’s matches taking place over the next few days will nevertheless be thrilling. 

• The Basketball clinic.
• Basketball crosswords.
• The Basketball minder.
• Basketball sense.
• Big 12 basketball handbook.
• Clarks Mens Shoes National Basketball League : [rules and fixtures].
• Cyclone basketball / Iowa State.
• Dick Vitale’s basketball.
• Drew’s news in college basketball.
• Fantasy basketball digest.
• HoopScoop : NCAA Division III men’s basketball.
• hangTIME : the official newsletter of the Basketball Association of Wales.
• Hoosier tip-off : an annual guide to Indiana basketball.
• Knicks fans’ ultimate factbook.
• Martin Manley’s basketball heaven.
• Musselman’s original pro basketball scouting handbook.
• Oscar Combs’ big blue basketball.
• Orange tip-off : an annual guide to Syracuse basketball.
• Rick Barry’s pro basketball bible.
• XXL basketball.
• Blue Devil tip-off.
• Hanna-Barbera Harlem Globetrotters.
• In the paint : the official magazine of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
• Info basket.
• Rip City magazine.
• Rotisserie league basketball.
• Blue Devil weekly.
• Fadeaway.
• Train your game
• X’s & o’s

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful canoeing & kayaking titles

This is the tenth in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful canoeing and kayaking titles. There are a number of finals taking place today, including those of the men’s K1 1,000m canoe sprint and the women’s kayak four 500m. SUNCAT wishes the British competitors, including Tim Brabants, Richard Jefferies and Rachel Cawthorn, the best of luck.

• Adventures in canoeing, kayaking, whitewater rafting.
• Algonquin Provincial Park canoe routes.
• Che-Mun : the newsletter of Canadian wilderness canoeing.
• CRACK : the newsletter of the Campaign for River Access for Canoes and Kayaks
• The ripple : newsletter for the MRCA.
• The American Canoeist and Single-hand Cruiser. vol. 7. no. 1. June 1888.
• Beaver dam : the newsletter of the Wilderness Canoe Association.
• Canoe and Small Boat Recreation.
• The canoeist, or, Chronicles of the Canoe Club.
• Paddles up / Canadian Canoe Association = Association canadienne de canotage.Wooden canoe.
• Canoeing, rowing and rapids-shooting in Finland.
• The journal of the Kanawa International Museum of Canoes, Kayaks and Rowing Craft.
• The ... complete guide to kayak touring.
• Newsletter [of the Wild Water Kayak Club]. no. 1 (June 1964)-11 (22 Feb. 1969).
• Paddles past : journal of the Historic Canoe and Kayak Association.
• Playboating.
• Sea kayaker.
• Splashout : O.U. Canoe and Kayak Club newsletter.
• Folding kayaker.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful weightlifting, wrestling & boxing titles

This is the ninth in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful weightlifting, wrestling and boxing titles. All these sports are taking place today at the ExCel venue in London. Good luck to all the British competitors!

• Vigour. Incorporating The World of Weights and The London and District Weight-Lifting League Bulletin. Official organ of The British Amateur Weight-Lifters’ Association. Vol. 1. no. 1-Vol. 11. no. 12. 1946-Dec. 1955.
• Muscle Culture. Body-building, weightlifting, gymnastics. no. 1. 1951-no. 6. 1952.
• New series. (Incorporating Mr. Universe.) no. 2-13.
• The World of Weights. The official gazette of the B.A.W.L.A., etc. vol. 1. no. 1-vol. 2. no. 7.
• 2006-2011 World Outlook for Belts, Benches, Weights & Other Free Weight Lifting Equipment
• The Boxing & Wrestling Mirror.
• High school wrestling rules.
• Capt. Lou Albano’s wrestling classics.
• International journal of wrestling science
• The journal of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum.
• Krozor the world wrestling federation in cosmic conflict.
• Merlin’s WWF superstars.
• Music, music and dancing, cinematograph, stage plays, boxing and wrestling licenses and Sunday cinematograph licences and permissions and Sunday musical entertainment licences granted by the Council.
• Toxxxic wrestling.
• Vito Brancato’s midwest wrestling bulletin.
• World Wrestling Federation battlemania.
• Wrestling all stars, heroes & villains.
• Wrestling Mat Review.
• Wrestling fury.
• Wrestling eye.
• Boxing bonanza.
• Boxing superstars and superfights.
• Boxing World and Mirror of Life.
• Boxing Yarns.
• Brit power.
• Fighting fit.
• Hugman’s international boxing annual.
• “Sport Pictures” Boxing Handbook. A record of boxing from the earliest times.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful shooting titles

This is the eighth in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful shooting titles. Today is the last day of competition in this discipline. Congratulations to Peter Wilson who won a gold medal last week in the men's double trap, and good luck to the British competitors for today.

• Cape Colony Shooting Gazette and Colonial Forces’ Record Vol. 1. no. 1 March 1906.
• CLASS / Canadian Ladies Association of Shooting Sports.
• The cowboy chronicle : the monthly journal of the Single Action Shooting Society.
• Engage : local news for the London 2012 shooting and Paralympic archery venue / Olympic Delivery
• Forest and Stream: A Journal of Outdoor Life, Travel, Nature Study, Shooting, Fishing, Yachting
• Insight : the shooting quarterly.
• Musketry and shooting calendar for 1901.
• Irish rod & gun / sail’n power
• The target : the official publication of the North Dakota Shooting Sports Association.
• Trap & field.
• Powder & brass : the journal for the Welsh shooter.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful badminton and tennis titles

This is the seventh in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful badminton and tennis titles. Today is the last day of competition for both disciplines. Come on Andy Murray (twice!) and Laura Robson.

• 2006-2011 World Outlook for Badminton, Paint Ball, Racquetball, Squash & Table Tennis Equipment & Traditional & Clamp-On Roller Skates..
• First seed.
• The Encyclopaedia of badminton skills
• The shuttler.
• Entrefilet.
• Shuttle talk : newsletter.
• Smash : newsletter of the N.B.B.A.
• 2006-2011 World Outlook for Tennis Equipment Excluding Apparel, Nets & Shoes
• Addvantage.
• Friend at court : United States Tennis Association officials handbook.
• The racquet.
• Tennis talk.
• Tennishead.
• University of Florida ... gator tennis.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful judo and taekwondo titles

This is the sixth in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful judo and taekwondo titles, with a few more general martial arts titles thrown in! Congratulations to Gemma Gibbons for winning a silver medal and Karina Bryant for winning bronze. Good luck to the GB taekwondo competitors, who will start their campaign on Wednesday.

• Famous judo throws
• Judo Joe.
• Ontario judoka : the official publication of the Ontario Judo Black Belt Association.
• Judo Ron
• Black belt international.
• Fighting fit.
• Masters of combat.
• Train hard fight easy.
• Way of the warrior : philosophy, traditions & practices of the world’s fighting arts.
• Sobre taekwondo
• The Way of taekwondo.
• Martial arts. Best of grappling.
• Martial arts illustrated : today’s magazine for the serious martial artist.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.

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 (25 Jul 12)
• British Library (27 Jul 12)
• Cardiff University (20 Jul 12)
• CONSER (01 Aug 12)
• Edinburgh Napier University (31 Jul 12)
• Edinburgh University (21 Jul 12)
• Liverpool University (27 Jul 12)
• Manchester University (30 Jul 12)
• Southampton University (29 Jul 12)
• Trinity College Dublin (25 Jul 12)
• University of the West of England (UWE) (23 Jul 12)
• Warwick University (20 Jul 12)

To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful rowing titles

This is the fifth in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful rowing titles. A number of British competitors will be in action today and tomorrow, including the men’s quadruple sculls team and women’s double sculls team. Good luck to them all!

• Open-water rowing.
• The Oarsman.
• The new rowing.
• The Mayonnaise.
• Blades : the official Henley Royal Regatta magazine ...
• The rowing almanack and oarsman’s companion.
• The Rowing Calendar and Aquatic Register, containing reports of the principal matches of 1866.
• The river and rowing museum at Henley : an occasional newsletter.
• Aquatic monthly, and nautical review devoted to the interests of the yachting and rowing community.
• Report of the Committee / Furnivall Sculling Club.
• The Bump.
• Friends of the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race : [newsletter].
• Eights illustrated.
• Spiers and Son’s chart of the Oxford University eight-oared-boat-races ... .

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful archery and fencing titles

This is the fourth in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful archery and fencing titles. It is nearing the end of the competition in both disciplines.  Good luck to Larry Godfrey in the archery and the Women’s and Men’s Team Foil in the fencing.

• 2006-2011 World Outlook for Archery Equipment
• The Alberta bowhunter and archer : an Alberta Bowhunters & Archers Association publication.
• Archery action with outdoor connections
• Engage : local news for the London 2012 shooting and Paralympic archery venue / Olympic Delivery
• The glade : archery’s friendliest magazine.
• The Longbow shooter’s digest.
• Bow and arrow
• The Fencing master.
• The point.
• The sword : the official organ of the Amateur Fencing Association & Ladies’ Amateur Fencing Union.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.

Olympic Games - Weird and wonderful swimming titles

This is the third in the series of blog posts dedicated to London 2012 Olympic Games events. Today it is the turn of weird and wonderful swimming and synchronised swimming titles. Congratulations to Michael Phelps who has just become the greatest Olympian ever, having won 19 medals. SUNCAT also wishes all the British swimmers the best of luck in the pool.

• Annual guide to synchronized swimming / Synchro Canada.
• Chute. The magazine for swimming, sunbathing and open-air recreation. Vol. 1. no. 2. May/June, Aug/Oct. 1936.
• Free swimming.
• Hook, line and synchro : Synchro Canada’s official membership newsletter.
• Knowing your swimming pool.
• Notable swimming pools ... and guide to equipment & supplies.
• Official rules for competitive swimming.
• Official ... synchronized swimming handbook.
• Swimming in Swansea Bay : a Swansea City fanzine.
• Swimming Notes, Club Record, Turkish, Vapour, and Electric Bath and Bathing Guide. no. 88-98. Oct. 17-Dec. 26, 1885.
• Swimming pool pleasure.

For more sporting serials and other weird and wonderful titles take a look in SUNCAT. Watch out for the next instalment of the SUNCAT Olympics blog posts.