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, 18 February 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.

  • Aberdeen University (05 Jan 11)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (10 Feb 11)
  • Exeter University (08 Feb 11)
  • Glasgow University (04 Feb 11)
  • Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh (07 Feb 11)
  • Royal Society of Medicine (07 Feb 11)
  • York University (04 Feb 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Thursday, 17 February 2011

Weird and wonderful titles - UK Legal Deposit Libraries

SUNCAT holds the serials records of all six UK Legal Deposit Libraries. All publishers and distributors in the UK and Ireland are legally obliged to deposit material in these libraries. This makes the collections of these libraries particularly varied. Weird and wonderful titles include:
From Cambridge University -

  • Means of escape
  • News from Jupiter!

From Oxford University -

  • Perils of premature burial / Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial
  • Vintage Light Music: for the enthusiast of light music on 78 r.p.m. records.

From the National Library of Scotland -

  • Mushroom Business
  • The Hermit: or, A view of the world, by a person retir'd from it.

From the British Library –

  • For whom the die rolls.
  • Two wheels only: TWO

From Trinity College, Dublin –

  • Use of trees by livestock
  • Penny News: pamphlets for plain people

From the National Library of Wales –

  • What's brewing: newspaper of the Campaign for Real Ale
  • Apricot user

Why not take a look at other serial titles these and other SUNCAT Contributing Libraries hold?

Friday, 11 February 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 (04 Feb 11)
  • CONSER (09 Feb 11)
  • Dundee University (03 Feb 11)
  • Edinburgh Napier University (02 Feb 11)
  • Essex University (03 Feb 11)
  • Leeds University (02 Feb 11)
  • London Business School (01 Feb 11)
  • National Library of Scotland (01 Feb 11)
  • Nottingham University (01 Feb 11)
  • Queen's University, Belfast (01 Feb 11)
  • St Andrews University (01 Feb 11)
  • University College London (07 Feb 11)
  • Warwick University (03 Feb 11)
  • Zoological Society (28 Jan 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 4 February 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.

  • British Library (28 Jan 11)
  • Kent University (01 Feb 11)
  • Oxford University (23 Jan 11)
  • Southampton University (31 Jan 11)
  • Stirling University (11 Jan 11)
  • Swansea University (27 Jan 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 28 January 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 (24 Jan 11)
  • CONSER (26 Jan 11)
  • Dundee University (06 Jan 11)
  • Durham University (24 Jan 11)
  • Edinburgh University (21 Jan 11)
  • Exeter University (07 Jan 11)
  • Hull University (16 Dec 10)
  • Natural History Museum (20 Jan 11)
  • London School of Economics & Political Science (10 Jan 11)
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (14 Jan 11)
  • Newcastle University (19 Jan 11)
  • Royal Society of Medicine (14 Jan 11)
  • University College London (10 Jan 11)
  • University of East Anglia (22 Dec 10)
  • University of the West of England (UWE) (23 Jan 11)
  • Warwick University (21 Jan 11)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Friday, 21 January 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.

  • British Library (24 Dec 10)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (10 Jan 11)
  • CONSER (19 Jan 11)
  • Glasgow University (06 Jan 11)
  • Kingston University (11 Jan 11)
  • Leicester University (20 Jan 11)
  • Manchester Metropolitan University (13 Jan 11)
  • Queen's University, Belfast (01 Jan 11)
  • Royal College of Music (12 Jan 11)
  • St Andrews University (05 Jan 11)
  • Sheffield University (14 Jan 11)
  • Society of Antiquaries of London (06 Jan 11)
  • Sussex University (05 Jan 11)
  • Swansea University (15 Dec 10)
  • University of London Research Libraries (ULRLS) (15 Dec 10)
  • York University (11 Jan 11)
  • Zoological Society (22 Dec 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Open University – the latest SUNCAT Contributing Library

SUNCAT is pleased to announce that the Open University is its latest Contributing Library, with just over 35,000 serials records having just been added. The Open University is a distance learning and research university, with the main campus located in Milton Keynes. The Open University Library provides a wide range of print and electronic resourcescovering a range of subjects from art history through to sports science. Their print collection includes over 4,000 print journal titles, while they also hold more than 30,000 electronic journal titles.