You are welcome to use a computer ON the UC Irvine Campus (e.g. in Langson Library, Starbucks, etc.) to access most of our licensed resources for personal, educational, non-commercial purposes. You do not need a library card to access these resources. Some resources are restricted to UCI Authorized Affiliates (i.e., current students and employees with an active UCInetID). Those resources will be clearly marked.
You may bring your own computer to campus. You will need to register as a guest on UC Irvine's wireless network.
Because UC Irvine is a public university, most our libraries are open to the public; the exception is the Law Library (Law Library: Visitor Information). The UC Irvine Libraries have some public computers, and the majority of these are in Langson Library. Public computers are desktop computers that do not require login credentials to use. If you plan to visit, please review our building and service desk hours and directions and parking information.
If you want to use the computer labs/resources that belong to the school you graduated from, please inquire with that school directly about the availability of those resources.
Unfortunately, no. Vendors only license resources to higher education institutions for authorized users to access. Authorized users are either:
Providing remote access (for free, or for a price) to people who aren't UC Irvine Authorized Affiliates would violate our license agreements with our vendors. To enjoy unrestricted remote access to a vendor's valuable electronic information, individuals and businesses should directly purchase or subscribe to a vendor's products.
Unfortunately, no. That would violate the license agreements we have with our vendors, which could result in vendors revoking UC Irvine's access to their licensed resources, or even suing us.
You may be pleasantly surprised by the resources available (online too) through your local public library! Cardholders at public libraries can also use Interlibrary Loan to borrow much of the content owned by other libraries too. Many public libraries let you sign up for a library card for free or a very low cost through their website. And if you visit them in-person, there's often free parking!
Yes, if you acquire a library card. If you join the UC Irvine Alumni Association, you might qualify for a free library card, depending on the UC Irvine Alumni Association’s current rules. You can also purchase a library card.
A UC Irvine Libraries card does not enable you to remotely access the UC Irvine Libraries' licensed resources.
Regardless of your affiliation elsewhere, the answer depends on whether you are doing work in collaboration with a researcher at UC Irvine. If yes, then you might be able to obtain a Sponsored UCInetID from the Office of Information Technology (OIT), the office that manages UCInetIDs. An active UCInetID and password is required to remotely access the UC Irvine Libraries' licensed resources.
Only UCI 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 contact your research collaborator, or their UCI school/departmental IT office, and OIT.
Unfortunately, no.
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.
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.