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, 16 August 2010

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.

  • British Library (30 Jul 10)
  • CONSER (11 Aug 10)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (11 Aug 10)
  • Exeter University (02 Jul 10)
  • Kent University (01 Aug 10)
  • King's College London (01 Jul 10)
  • London Business School (01 Aug 10)
  • London School of Economics & Political Science (13 Jul 10)
  • Manchester Metropolitan University (13 Jul 10)
  • Manchester University (14 Jul 10)
  • Nottingham University (02 Aug 10)
  • Royal College of Music (03 Aug 10)
  • St Andrews University (02 Aug 10)
  • Stirling University (05 Jul 10)
  • Warwick University (06 Aug 10)
  • York University (02 Aug 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Monday, 2 August 2010

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 Jul 10)
  • Cardiff University (28 Jul 10)
  • CONSER (28 Jul 10)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (15 Jul 10)
  • Edinburgh University (21 Jul 10)
  • ISSN (15 Jul 10)
  • Kent University (01 Jul 10)
  • Liverpool University (26 Jul 10)
  • Manchester University (14 Jul 10)
  • Natural History Museum (12 Jul 10)
  • Oxford University (22 Jul 10)
  • Sheffield University (14 Jul 10)
  • Southampton University (26 Jul 10)
  • University College London (08 Jul 10)
  • Warwick University (20 Jul 10)
  • Zoological Society (15 Jul 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 30 July 2010

Brirish Film Institute - SUNCAT'S seventh new library

The British Film Institute (BFI) has become the seventh new Contributing Library to be loaded into SUNCAT this year. The BFI National Library holds information on film, television and, increasingly, new media. Currently, BFI is contributing around 5,000 serial records.

Friday, 23 July 2010

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 Jul 10)
  • Durham University (25 Jun 10)
  • Edinburgh Napier University (14 Jul 10)
  • Glasgow University (13 Jul 10)
  • Newcastle University (07 Jul 10)
  • Royal Society of Medicine (07 Jul 10)
  • School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London (02 Jul 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 16 July 2010

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.

  • Aberdeen University (17 Jun 10)
  • British Library (02 Jul 10)
  • Cambridge University (05 Jul 10)
  • Leicester University (07 Jul 10)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (01 Jul 10)
  • St Andrews University (01 Jul 10)
  • University of the West of England (UWE) (23 Jun 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

University of the Arts London - Suncat's sixth new Contributing Library

SUNCAT is pleased to announce that the University of the Arts London is the sixth Contributing Library to be added this year. This institution is made up of "Six distinctive and distinguished Colleges" in London, including Central Saint Martin's College of Art and Design, London College of Fashion and Chelsea College of Art and Design. Currently, the University of the Arts London is contributing around 12,500 serial records.

Friday, 9 July 2010

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 (07 Jul 10)
  • Hull University (08 Jun 10)
  • London Business School (01 Jul 10)
  • London School of Economics & Political Science (14 Jun 10)
  • Natural History Museum (18 Jun 10)
  • National Library of Scotland (02 Jul 10)
  • Nottingham University (01 Jul 10)
  • Queen's University, Belfast (01 Jul 10)
  • Royal College of Music (30 Jun 10)
  • Southampton University (01 Jul 10)
  • Swansea University (15 Jun 10)
  • University College London (07 Jun 10)
  • University of East Anglia (18 Jun 10)
  • Warwick University (05 Jul 10)
  • York University (01 Jul 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.