# Te Waharoa Library Discovery (Primo / Alma)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/victoria-university-of-wellington/primo-discovery/  
**Provider:** Victoria University of Wellington — https://apis.io/providers/victoria-university-of-wellington/  
**Base URL:** https://tewaharoa.victoria.ac.nz/discovery/search?vid=64VUW_INST:VUWNUI  
**Documentation:** https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/library/how-to-use-the-library/searching-for-resources

Te Waharoa Library Discovery (Primo / Alma) is one of 4 APIs that [Victoria University of Wellington](https://apis.io/providers/victoria-university-of-wellington/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Library, Discovery, Primo, Alma, and Ex Libris. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The university library's discovery service, branded Te Waharoa, runs on Ex Libris Primo backed by Alma resource management. The public discovery view uses VID 64VUW_INST:VUWNUI. Primo provides programmatic search and delivery interfaces; the public-facing search UI is verified live.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/library/how-to-use-the-library/searching-for-resources

## Other Victoria University of Wellington APIs (3)

- [Open Access Repository OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/victoria-university-of-wellington/open-access-oai-pmh/)
- [Website Global Object Endpoint](https://apis.io/apis/victoria-university-of-wellington/web-globalobject/)
- [Victoria University of Wellington Articles API](https://apis.io/apis/victoria-university-of-wellington/victoria-university-of-wellington-articles-api/)

## Tags

Library, Discovery, Primo, Alma, Ex Libris, Search

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