University of Groningen

University of Groningen Library discovery (OCLC WorldCat)

Library discovery runs on OCLC WorldCat Discovery at rug.on.worldcat.org, a tenant instance on OCLC's platform rather than a catalog interface the University operates. Verified live 2026-08-30. Any WorldCat Search API contract belongs to OCLC and is not saved here.

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LibraryCatalog
https://rug.on.worldcat.org/discovery
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Website
https://www.rug.nl/library/

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-groningen:worldcat-discovery
name: University of Groningen Library discovery (OCLC WorldCat)
x-operator: tenant
description: Library discovery runs on OCLC WorldCat Discovery at rug.on.worldcat.org, a tenant instance
  on OCLC's platform rather than a catalog interface the University operates. Verified live 2026-08-30.
  Any WorldCat Search API contract belongs to OCLC and is not saved here.
humanURL: https://www.rug.nl/library/
baseURL: https://rug.on.worldcat.org/discovery
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- OCLC
- WorldCat
- Tenant
properties:
- type: LibraryCatalog
  url: https://rug.on.worldcat.org/discovery
- type: Website
  url: https://www.rug.nl/library/