**Apologies for cross posting**
SUNCAT - Serials Union CATalogue for the UK research community
We are delighted to announce that the new look SUNCAT is available to preview at
http://test.suncat.ac.uk
The current service (http://www.suncat.ac.uk ) will continue as the primary
service for the moment, but we would encourage you to take a look, experiment
and let us have your feedback about the new service as soon as you get a chance.
The new service is still in development, so there are still issues to be
resolved with keeping it up-to-date, searching and relevancy ranking, but to
give you a flavour, the new service:
- Integrates information from the website and the actual service more closely,
with the search box, a map of our Contributing Libraries and a feed of our
latest news all on the homepage
- Enables searching limited to a specific library or selection of libraries: you
will only see the serials' holdings of libraries you have specified in your
search
- Enables searching limited to a specific location or selection of locations,
all the way from Inverness to Exeter: again you will only see the serials'
holdings in locations you have specified in your search.
- Plus you can combine library and location limits to suit your individual
search requirements
- Enables searching limited to electronic or print serials only: helpful if you
only want to see what might be immediately available online or conversely if
you want to see only material likely to be available via Inter-Library Loan.
- Enables filtering of search results by library, location, subject,
organisation, publisher, date etc.
- Enables more sophisticated searching via the Advanced Search option
- Allows you to choose how many records you want to display on your search
results screen
- Provides an alphabetical list of all the libraries holding a particular serial
title
- Allows you to quickly see if holdings are print or electronic
- Opens up further information about each library, including directions, contact
details, British Library code and when it was last updated in SUNCAT
Please email [log in to unmask] to let us know what you think or if you have any
questions or suggestions. Alternatively, if you are currently at UKSG, please
pop along to EDINA stand 26, where we will be happy to give you a demo in
person.
Best wishes
Zena
SUNCAT Project Officer
EDINA
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