# UCSB Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/library-discovery/  
**Provider:** University of California, Santa Barbara — https://apis.io/providers/ucsb/  
**Base URL:** https://ucsb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com  
**Documentation:** https://search.library.ucsb.edu/

UCSB Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo VE) is one of 27 APIs that [University of California, Santa Barbara](https://apis.io/providers/ucsb/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Library Catalog, Discovery, and Vendor Tenant.

UCSB Library’s catalog and discovery layer. The host search.library.ucsb.edu is a UCSB CNAME onto ucsb.primo.exlibrisgroup.com, and the service resolves to Ex Libris tenancy 01UCSB_INST. The collection, the holdings and the tenant are UCSB’s; the contract, the API and the engineering are Ex Libris’. TENANT — the relationship is recorded here, the vendor’s generic Alma/Primo specification is deliberately NOT saved under this institution.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **LibraryCatalog** — https://search.library.ucsb.edu/

## Other University of California, Santa Barbara APIs (12)

- [UCSB API Developer Portal](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/developer-portal/)
- [UCSB Campus API Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/campus-api-gateway/)
- [UCSB Academic Curriculums](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/academic-curriculums/)
- [UCSB Academic Graduate Programs](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/academic-graduate-programs/)
- [UCSB Academic Quarter Calendar](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/academic-quarter-calendar/)
- [UCSB BARC Quarter Calendar](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/barc-quarter-calendar/)
- [UCSB BARC Students API](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/barc-students-api/)
- [UCSB CLAS Schedules](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/clas-schedules/)
- [UCSB ClassCode Lookup Service](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/classcode-lookup-service/)
- [UCSB Department Chartfield](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/department-chartfield/)
- [UCSB Department Course Extract](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/department-course-extract/)
- [UCSB Employee Job](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/employee-job/)

## Tags

Library, Library Catalog, Discovery, Vendor Tenant

---

Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/ucsb/library-discovery/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/ucsb/.