{"id":2498,"date":"2024-03-25T11:09:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T11:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/?page_id=2498"},"modified":"2025-07-29T14:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:42:11","slug":"library-discovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/resources\/library-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull no-mt\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#281e42\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"400\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2538\" alt=\"Close-up of an eye with sweeping lights.\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/265\/2024\/06\/discovery-eye-1920x400-1.jpg\" style=\"object-position:92% 63%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"92% 63%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/265\/2024\/06\/discovery-eye-1920x400-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/265\/2024\/06\/discovery-eye-1920x400-1-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/265\/2024\/06\/discovery-eye-1920x400-1-1024x213.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/265\/2024\/06\/discovery-eye-1920x400-1-768x160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/265\/2024\/06\/discovery-eye-1920x400-1-50x10.jpg 50w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/265\/2024\/06\/discovery-eye-1920x400-1-1536x320.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color no-mb wp-elements-96389b62d3cf9a53e90ddd451fda6275\">Library discovery<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Library Discovery is the University of Gloucestershire\u2019s Library online catalogue and search tool.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/assets.glos.ac.uk\/library\/discovery\/discovery-embed.htm?styling=style00\"\n\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"100%\"\n\t\t\t\t\theight=\"190\"\n\t\t\t\t\tname=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tallow=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tallowFullScreen=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Within Library Discovery, you can find and access:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Books and ebooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Academic journals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Journal articles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Market reports<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Archive materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">\u2026and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Where we have online access to material, a link is provided for our students to seamlessly access the item online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Where items are held in print in one of our campus libraries, Library Discovery provides details of the availability and location of the item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Library Discovery also searches worldwide Library catalogues to ensure you get the broadest set of results to inform your research. For books or journal articles not accessible through University of Gloucestershire holdings, we provide the means to request items using the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/our-libraries\/using-our-libraries\/borrowing-from-other-libraries\/\">Inter-library Loan service<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Your Library Account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Use the \u2018Sign In\u2019 link on Discovery to access your library account. Here you can view a list of the items you have on loan, as well as the status of any requests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">For more tips and help on using Discovery, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.glos.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subject Guides<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/support\/faqs\/\">FAQs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/library\/our-libraries\/using-our-libraries\/borrowing\/\">Borrowing Books and Other Materials<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Within Library Discovery, you can find and access: Where we have online access to material, a link is provided for our students to seamlessly access the item online. 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