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, 28 May 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.

  • Cardiff University (19 May 10)
  • CONSER (26 May 10)
  • Edinburgh College of Art (25 May 10)
  • Edinburgh Napier University (21 May 10)
  • Edinburgh University (21 May 10)
  • ISSN (15 May 10)
  • National Art Library (12 May 10)
  • Royal Society of Medicine (07 May 10)
  • Sheffield Hallam University (18 May 10)
  • Sheffield University (14 May 10)
  • Zoological Society (17 May 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

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Monday, 24 May 2010

Addition of Tate as a new Contributing Library

The serials' holdings of Tate Britain have now been added to SUNCAT. This brings the total of new Contributing Libraries added to SUNCAT in 2010 to four. There are now 74 Contributing Libraries, plus the CONSER database, the ISSN register and the Directory of Open Access Journals.

The Tate Library holds around 2,000 journal titles, of which around 400 are current subscriptions. In addition to current art magazines such as Art Monthly, etc., it holds a number of artists' serials, as well as historic magazines. The Library also holds a collection of museum and gallery bulletins from around the world.

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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 (30 Apr 10)
  • Cambridge University (04 May 10)
  • CONSER (19 May 10)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (10 May 10)
  • Essex University (04 May 10)
  • Exeter University (07 May 10)
  • Glasgow University (03 May 10)
  • Hull University (14 Apr 10)
  • Manchester Metropolitan University (12 Apr 10)
  • Manchester University (23 Apr 10)
  • National Library of Scotland (05 May 10)
  • Nottingham University (04 May 10)
  • Queen's University, Belfast (01 May 10)
  • Sussex University (05 May 10)
  • Warwick University (13 May 10)
  • York University (05 May 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

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Thursday, 13 May 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 (12 Mar 10)
  • Birmingham University (22 Apr 10)
  • Cardiff University (27 Apr 10)
  • CONSER (05 May 10)
  • Edinburgh University (21 Apr 10)
  • Kent University (01 May 10)
  • Leicester University (07 May 10)
  • London Business School (01 May 10)
  • Reading University (08 Apr 10)
  • Royal Institute of British Architects (06 May 10)
To check on the currency of other libraries on SUNCAT please check the updates page for further details.

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Friday, 7 May 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 (15 Apr 10)
  • Liverpool University (29 Apr 10)
  • Natural History Museum (12 Apr 10)
  • Oxford University (23 Apr 10)
  • Royal College of Music (30 Apr 10)

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

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Friday, 30 April 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.

  • Aberystwyth University (12 Feb 10)
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (14 Apr 10)
  • Dundee University (05 Apr 10)
  • ISSN (15 Apr 10)
  • Kingston University (12 Feb 10)
  • Leicester University (16 Apr 10)
  • National Maritime Museum (09 Apr 10)
  • Sheffield University (14 Apr 10)
  • Southampton University (26 Apr 10)
  • York University (06 Apr 10)

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

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Thursday, 29 April 2010

Addition of two new Contributing Libraries

The serials' holdings of Aberystwth University and Kingston University have been added to SUNCAT. This brings the total number of contributing libraries to 73, plus the CONSER database, the ISSN register and the Directory of Open Access Journals.

Aberystwyth University Library is currently contributing over 37,000 serial records, whereas Kingston University Library is contributing over 34,000 serial records.

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