# University of Bristol Library Discovery (OCLC WorldCat Discovery)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bristol/library-discovery-worldcat/  
**Provider:** University of Bristol — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-bristol/  
**Base URL:** https://bris.on.worldcat.org/  
**Documentation:** https://bris.on.worldcat.org/

University of Bristol Library Discovery (OCLC WorldCat Discovery) is one of 5 APIs that [University of Bristol](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-bristol/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Library Catalog, Discovery, and Tenant.

TENANT RELATIONSHIP, NOT A BRISTOL CONTRACT. Bristol's library discovery layer is an OCLC WorldCat Discovery tenancy at bris.on.worldcat.org — an institution-specific subdomain on the vendor's platform (200 on 2026-08-30). Bristol also holds an Ex Libris SAML service provider registered in the UK Access Management Federation at bristol-shib.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com. Neither the OCLC nor the Ex Libris contract is Bristol's engineering and neither is saved here. Recorded because the tenancy is a real institutional fact and one of the few programmable surfaces the library has.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **LibraryCatalog** — https://bris.on.worldcat.org/

## Other University of Bristol APIs (4)

- [University of Bristol Research Portal OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bristol/research-portal-oai-pmh/)
- [University of Bristol Identity Provider (Shibboleth / SAML 2.0)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bristol/idp-shibboleth/)
- [data.bris Research Data Repository](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bristol/data-bris-research-data-repository/)
- [Elsevier Pure Web Services (University of Bristol tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-bristol/pure-web-services/)

## Tags

Library, Library Catalog, Discovery, Tenant

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