# University of Groningen Library discovery (OCLC WorldCat)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/worldcat-discovery/  
**Provider:** University of Groningen — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-groningen/  
**Base URL:** https://rug.on.worldcat.org/discovery  
**Documentation:** https://www.rug.nl/library/

University of Groningen Library discovery (OCLC WorldCat) is one of 6 APIs that [University of Groningen](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-groningen/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, OCLC, WorldCat, and Tenant.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

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

## Other University of Groningen APIs (5)

- [University of Groningen Ocasys Course Catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/ocasys-course-catalog/)
- [University of Groningen Research Database OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/pure-oai-pmh/)
- [University of Groningen Identity Provider (SURFconext / eduGAIN)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/identity-provider/)
- [University of Groningen Research Portal (Pure) REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/pure-ws-api/)
- [University of Groningen research data collection on DataverseNL](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-groningen/dataversenl-collection/)

## Tags

Library, Discovery, OCLC, WorldCat, Tenant

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