What is Alma?
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Ex Libris Alma is a cloud-based library services platform which the Georgetown Law Library implemented in 2018. It manages the records of the Law Library's print, electronic and digital collections. Through this system, the library can also check out our library books to Georgetown Law patrons. The information in Alma includes the bibliographic information of the physical and electronic materials offered by the library. Georgetown Law patrons interfaces with the bibliographic information through a discovery platform called Primo, which the Law Library simply refers to the catalog. The catalog is the search box found on our home page. Through Primo catalog, Georgetown Law patrons can locate materials not only in our collection, but also the materials housed in local academic libraries. Georgetown Law patrons who have questions on how to search through the catalog may contact the Reference Desk.