If you are ON the UC Irvine campus, you can access our licensed resources for your personal, educational, non-commercial purposes.
If you are OFF the UC Irvine campus, then you need to use the VPN.
It’s possible that we don’t license (i.e., subscribe to) it. We’d love to subscribe to every information resource, but that’s not possible. You see what we license through these library webpages:
More questions? That’s OK! You can Ask a Librarian.
These systems are completely separate from UC Irvine's VPN, so they cannot grant remote access to all of UC Irvine's licensed content. You must use the VPN for remote access to the UC Irvine Libraries' resources.
If you share your UC Irvine credentials or you share content licensed by the UC Irvine Libraries, that is a violation of our Usage Policy, based on the license agreements that we have with our vendors.
Under special circumstances, people who are not UC Irvine Authorized Affiliates can be granted a Sponsored UCInetID. Please visit OIT's Sponsored UCInetID page for a list of circumstances under which Sponsored UCInetIDs are granted. An active UCInetID and password is required to remotely access the UC Irvine Libraries' licensed online resources.
Only UC Irvine faculty, or management-level staff members, or their designees may sponsor someone. The UC Irvine Libraries cannot give out sponsored UCInetIDs because that is outside of our jurisdiction. Please contact your school/departmental IT office and OIT.
Make sure you’re connected to the VPN. Some eBook publishers have a login screen. If you see one, use your UCInetID and password. Do not use the guest login.
You may have been assigned a UCInetID, but you must also be actively enrolled. New students get access immediately after they are confirmed to be enrolled. Contact the Office of Information Technology (OIT) Help Desk for your status.
The answer depends on whether you are granted a Sponsored UCInetID and password as part of your program.
If you have a UCInetID and password, please visit: Set Up the VPN for Windows, Set up the VPN for Mac, and/or Students.
If you do not have a UCInetID and password, please visit: Visitors.
Only UC Irvine faculty, or management-level staff members, or their designees may sponsor someone. The UC Irvine Libraries cannot grant Sponsored UCInetIDs because that is outside of our jurisdiction. Please speak with your program administrator.
If your UCInetID and password are active, then you can access the UC Irvine Libraries' licensed resources on or off campus. To borrow print materials, you need to purchase a library card. Visit the Get a Library Card page for details. Library cards from the UC Irvine Libraries are not linked with UCInetID accounts, so they do not grant remote access to our licensed electronic resources.
If your UCInetID and password are active, then you can access the UC Irvine Libraries' licensed resources on or off campus. If your credentials are not active, then you need to work with your departmental leadership and OIT to see if you can obtain a Sponsored UCInetID. Only UC Irvine faculty, or management-level staff, or their designees may sponsor someone. The UC Irvine Libraries cannot grant sponsored UCInetIDs because that is outside of our jurisdiction.
To borrow print materials, you need to purchase a library card. Visit the Get a Library Card page for details. Library cards from the UC Irvine Libraries are not linked with UCInetID accounts, so they do not grant remote access to our licensed electronic resources.
Please contact the computing help desk for your department, or contact the Office of Information Technology (OIT). OIT also offers its own VPN troubleshooting FAQs.
Off-campus? Please use the Software VPN and choose the group UCIFull to access licensed content. For more information, please Click here
Software VPN is not available for guests, so they may not have access to some content when connecting from off-campus.