London School of Economics and Political Science

LSE Library Search (Ex Libris Primo VE / Alma)

LSE library discovery runs on Ex Libris Primo VE at librarysearch.lse.ac.uk, which CNAMEs to lse.primo.exlibrisgroup.com and then eu00.primo.exlibrisgroup.com, under LSE's institutional view identifier vid=44LSE_INST. Programmatic access (Primo Search/PNX, Alma REST) follows the Ex Libris developer model and is governed by LSE's institutional configuration and credentials. The tenancy is LSE's; the API contract is Ex Libris'. The June 2026 profile recorded this surface against www.lse.ac.uk, which misattributed a vendor platform to the institution's own host; corrected 2026-08-19.

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Documentation
https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/using-the-library/catalogues
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Documentation
https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: lse:library-search
name: LSE Library Search (Ex Libris Primo VE / Alma)
x-operator: tenant
description: LSE library discovery runs on Ex Libris Primo VE at librarysearch.lse.ac.uk, which CNAMEs
  to lse.primo.exlibrisgroup.com and then eu00.primo.exlibrisgroup.com, under LSE's institutional view
  identifier vid=44LSE_INST. Programmatic access (Primo Search/PNX, Alma REST) follows the Ex Libris developer
  model and is governed by LSE's institutional configuration and credentials. The tenancy is LSE's; the
  API contract is Ex Libris'. The June 2026 profile recorded this surface against www.lse.ac.uk, which
  misattributed a vendor platform to the institution's own host; corrected 2026-08-19.
humanURL: https://librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/discovery/search?vid=44LSE_INST
baseURL: https://librarysearch.lse.ac.uk/discovery/
tags:
- Library
- Library Catalog
- Discovery
- Alma
- Primo
- Ex Libris
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.lse.ac.uk/library/using-the-library/catalogues
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/