University of York

YorSearch Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo / Alma)

YorSearch is the University of York library discovery service, an Ex Libris Primo front end over an Alma backend (view id 44YORK_INST:NUI). The discovery UI is live on a York host, but programmatic access runs through Ex Libris's own gateway at api-eu.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com and requires an Ex Libris key. York's catalogue, Ex Libris's contract — recorded as a tenant relationship, not as York engineering.

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Documentation
https://www.york.ac.uk/library/resources/yorsearch-help/

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Portal
https://yorsearch.york.ac.uk/discovery/search?vid=44YORK_INST:NUI

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-york:yorsearch-primo
name: YorSearch Library Discovery (Ex Libris Primo / Alma)
x-operator: tenant
description: YorSearch is the University of York library discovery service, an Ex Libris Primo front end
  over an Alma backend (view id 44YORK_INST:NUI). The discovery UI is live on a York host, but programmatic
  access runs through Ex Libris's own gateway at api-eu.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com and requires an Ex Libris
  key. York's catalogue, Ex Libris's contract — recorded as a tenant relationship, not as York engineering.
humanURL: https://www.york.ac.uk/library/resources/yorsearch-help/
baseURL: https://yorsearch.york.ac.uk/discovery/search?vid=44YORK_INST:NUI
tags:
- Library
- Discovery
- Primo
- Alma
- Ex Libris
- Tenant
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.york.ac.uk/library/resources/yorsearch-help/
- type: Portal
  url: https://yorsearch.york.ac.uk/discovery/search?vid=44YORK_INST:NUI