Connect from Off Campus (VPN)

If you are ON the UCI Campus, you can access our licensed resources for your personal, educational, non-commercial purposes. 

• I'm using my personal device (e.g., my laptop).
  Connect to the UCInet Mobile Access network.  Don't use the UCI Guest Wi-Fi network.
   
• I'm not using my personal device.  
  Visit the Study Space Locator to find public computer terminals, or visit Equipment Lending to borrow a device.  

If you are OFF the UCI 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:

• Databases A-Z
• Research Guides
• UC Library Search

More questions?  That’s OK!  You can Ask a Librarian.   

These systems are completely separate from UCI's VPN, so they cannot grant remote access to all of UCI's licensed content. You must use the VPN for remote access to the UCI Libraries' resources.

If you share your UCI credentials or you share content licensed by the UCI 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 UCI 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 UCI Libraries' licensed online resources.

Only UCI faculty, or management-level staff members, or their designees may sponsor someone. The UCI 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. 

Please visit: Alumni.

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 UCI faculty, or management-level staff members, or their designees may sponsor someone. The UCI 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 UCI 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 UCI 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 UCI 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 UCI faculty, or management-level staff, or their designees may sponsor someone.

The UCI 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 UCI 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 it's own VPN troubleshooting FAQs.