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 Law Library Circulation Desk can check out our library books to Georgetown Law members. The information in Alma includes the bibliographic information of the physical and electronic materials offered by the library. Georgetown Law members and the public can search the Alma platform through a web discovery platform called Primo which the Law Library simply refers to as the catalog. The catalog is the search box found on the Law Library's home page. Through the 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 Law Library Reference Desk.
Non-law Georgetown University members and members of the public who use the Law Library catalog and have questions should contact their home libraries which can provide the best service options for them.