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 (2 Nov 12)
• CONSER (14 Nov 12)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (14 Nov 12)
• Essex University (05 Nov 12)
• Exeter University (2 Nov 12)
• Glasgow University (6 Nov 12)
• Liverpool University (9 Nov 12)
• London Business School (1 Nov 12)
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (2 Nov 12)
• Manchester University (5 Nov 12)
• Robert Gordon University (6 Nov 12)
• Royal Institute of British Architects (7 Nov 12)
• Royal Society of Medicine (6 Nov 12)
• Sheffield Hallam University (1 Nov 12)
• Southampton University (11 Nov 12)
• University College London (8 Nov 12)
• York University (6 Nov 12)

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

SUNCAT User Satisfaction Survey

Last year we asked you about your use of SUNCAT. We thank all of you who responded to this survey, the results have fed back into the service and we are using your comments to inform the redevelopment of the SUNCAT interface. This year we are asking some slightly different questions and value any responses we receive so that we can continue to evaluate and develop SUNCAT to meet our users' needs and expectations.


The survey has 10 questions and should take less than 10 minutes to complete. We would not only appreciate your comments but would also encourage you to circulate the survey details as widely as possible, to library staff and particularly to end-users.

Thank you in anticipation!

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 (16 Oct 12)
• Cambridge University (2 Nov 12)
• Cardiff University (26 Oct 12)
• Dundee University (2 Nov 12)
• Durham University (23 Oct 12)
• Hull University (17 Oct 12)
• Kingston University (19 Oct 12)
• Liverpool University (2 Nov 12)
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (25 Oct 12)
• National Library of Scotland (1 Nov 12)
• Nottingham University (1 Nov 12)
• Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (30 Oct 12)
• Scottish National Gallery Research Library (17 Oct 12)
• Southampton University (4 Nov 12)
• Warwick University (6 Nov 12)
• York University (23 Oct 12)

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

New SUNCAT Contributing Library - University of Strathclyde

We are pleased to announce that the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow has now been loaded into SUNCAT. This is our fourth new library for 2012. It has contributed over 48,000 serial records, just over 35,000 of which are for electronic journals. The Library's aim is to provide access to materials and information resources which will help with studies and research in a supportive learning environment. The University of Strathclyde also hosts the Royal Scottish Geographical Society Library.

The University of Strathclyde is the 12th Scottish library to be added to SUNCAT. Currently SUNCAT contains 9 Scottish university libraries: Aberdeen; Dundee; Edinburgh Napier; Edinburgh (including Edinburgh College of Art); Glasgow; Robert Gordon; St. Andrews; Stirling; and Strathclyde. It also contains the records of the National Library of Scotland, and the libraries of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh and the Scottish National Gallery.

There are now 88 libraries, plus CONSER, ISSN Register and the Directory of Open Access Journals in SUNCAT. Take a look at the full list of the 88 Contributing Libraries. For more news and information on SUNCAT see the SUNCAT blog, SUNCAT on Twitter (@suncatteam), or contact the EDINA Helpdesk at edina@ed.ac.uk. 

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 Oct 12)
• Bristol University (22 Oct 12)
• Cranfield University (20 Oct 12)
• Edinburgh University (21 Oct 12)
• ISSN (13 Oct 12)
• Liverpool University (19 Oct 12)
• Manchester University (05 Oct 12)
• Newcastle University (18 Oct 12)
• Royal College of Music (17 Oct 12)
• Southampton University (21 Oct 12)
• Swansea University (15 Oct 12)
• University of the West of England (UWE) (23 Oct 12)

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

Happy Hallowe'en!

On the 31st October it is Hallowe'en. To mark this occasion here are some weird and wonderful Hallowe'en titles which can be found in SUNCAT. There are some really fascinating records, especially the one for the first title below!

• Interviews in the realms of death: or, Dialogues of the dead between several great personages deceas’d. ...
• Sabrina’s halloween spoooktacular.
• Gold digger Halloween special.
• Marge’s Lulu and Tubby Halloween fun.
• Batman, legends of the dark knight Halloween special.
• The folklore round table. No.9: Special Halloween issue.
• City slab : urban tales of the grotesque.
• How to haunt your house.
• Modern witch.
• Wacky Witch.
• Wendy’s witch world.
• The witch’s almanac ... : practical magic and spells for every season.
• Witch’s brew.
• The crooked path.
• Llewellyn’s ... witches’ spell-a-day almanac : holiday & lore, spells & recipes, rituals & meditations.
• Ghost voices : the magazine of all things haunted.
• The Haunted House, or the Revelations of Theresa Terence ... Being the Christmas number of the Pearl ... Illustrated with six ... colored plates.
• Hotwire. Requiem for the dead.
• The psychic mirror.
• Uri Geller’s encounter : the world’s most paranormal magazine.
• Pumpkin variety evaluation.
• 2006 2011 World Outlook for Canned Pumpkin and Squash.
• Black sun / PHAT...Pumpkin Hollow Anarchy Tribe.
• Brian Pulido's Lady Death: A Medieval Tale.
• The cauldron : pagan journal of the Old religion.
• Dragons well : newsletter for pagans in Oxfordshire.
• Frostfire.
• Pagan edge lifestyle & passions of the modern pagan.
• Nightveil’s cauldron of horror.

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

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 (17 Oct 12)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (10 Oct 12)
• Edinburgh Napier University (08 Oct 12)
• Glasgow University (08 Oct 12)
• Leeds University (11 Oct 12)
• Liverpool University (12 Oct 12)
• London School of Economics and Political Science (08 Oct 12)
• Manchester Metropolitan University (09 Oct 12)
• Natural History Museum (09 Oct 12)
• Oxford University (04 Oct 12)
• Reading University (09 Oct 12)
• Royal Society of Medicine (09 Oct 12)
• Sheffield University (14 Oct 12)
• Southampton University (14 Oct 12)
• University College London (08 Oct 12)
• Warwick University (05 Oct 12)
• Wiener Library (08 Oct 12)

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