SUNCAT
Encyclopedia
The Serials Union Catalogue, or SUNCAT, is a freely available source of information about serials holdings in the United Kingdom
, for the UK research community.
It claims to be the most comprehensive catalogue of serial holdings, and contains records for both electronic and print serials, including academic journal
s, periodicals, newspaper
s, newsletter
s, magazine
s etc. SUNCAT contains data from over 70 UK research libraries, including the British Library
and the National Libraries of Scotland
and Wales
.
SUNCAT is an EDINA
service, and is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC). It runs on Ex Libris' Aleph 500 Library Management System.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, for the UK research community.
It claims to be the most comprehensive catalogue of serial holdings, and contains records for both electronic and print serials, including academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
s, periodicals, newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s, newsletter
Newsletter
A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscribers. Newspapers and leaflets are types of newsletters. Additionally, newsletters delivered electronically via email have gained rapid acceptance for the same reasons email in...
s, magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s etc. SUNCAT contains data from over 70 UK research libraries, including the British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
and the National Libraries of Scotland
National Library of Scotland
The National Library of Scotland is the legal deposit library of Scotland and is one of the country's National Collections. It is based in a collection of buildings in Edinburgh city centre. The headquarters is on George IV Bridge, between the Old Town and the university quarter...
and Wales
National Library of Wales
The National Library of Wales , Aberystwyth, is the national legal deposit library of Wales; one of the Welsh Government sponsored bodies.Welsh is its main medium of communication...
.
SUNCAT is an EDINA
EDINA
EDINA is a UK-based data centre , which provides data applications delivered over the Internet and aimed primarily at Higher Education staff and students in the United Kingdom....
service, and is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee
Joint Information Systems Committee
JISC is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body whose role is to support post-16 and higher education and research by providing leadership in the use of ICT in learning, teaching, research and administration...
(JISC). It runs on Ex Libris' Aleph 500 Library Management System.