Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)

Library discovery and catalog search for Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, Orkney, Dubai and Malaysia libraries, running Ex Libris Primo under the institution's view code 44HWA_V1 at discovery.hw.ac.uk. The host sits on Ex Libris infrastructure (31.186.254.152) and serves a Primo single-page application; any programmatic access is through Ex Libris Alma/Primo APIs on developers.exlibrisgroup.com, which is a generic vendor surface shared by every Ex Libris customer and is therefore not recorded under this institution. Recorded here as a tenant relationship only.

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Documentation
https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/professional-services/information-services/find-resources

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LibraryCatalog
https://discovery.hw.ac.uk/primo-explore/search?vid=44HWA_V1

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: heriot-watt:library-discovery
name: Heriot-Watt Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo)
description: Library discovery and catalog search for Heriot-Watt's Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, Orkney,
  Dubai and Malaysia libraries, running Ex Libris Primo under the institution's view code 44HWA_V1 at
  discovery.hw.ac.uk. The host sits on Ex Libris infrastructure (31.186.254.152) and serves a Primo single-page
  application; any programmatic access is through Ex Libris Alma/Primo APIs on developers.exlibrisgroup.com,
  which is a generic vendor surface shared by every Ex Libris customer and is therefore not recorded under
  this institution. Recorded here as a tenant relationship only.
humanURL: https://discovery.hw.ac.uk/primo-explore/search?vid=44HWA_V1
x-operator: tenant
x-platform: Ex Libris Primo
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Catalog
- Primo
- Ex Libris
properties:
- type: LibraryCatalog
  url: https://discovery.hw.ac.uk/primo-explore/search?vid=44HWA_V1
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/professional-services/information-services/find-resources