External users may purchase a UCLA library card. Issuance of a UCLA borrower's card does not guarantee the bearer access to all UCLA Library facilities, materials or services. For more information on circulation privileges, consult the Borrowing Privileges for External Users . Reference staff and services are scheduled to meet the needs of the UCLA academic community and are not available at all times. Demands of the academic program may limit the amount of service that can be offered.
Some services are available only to the academic community.
Other services may be available only on a cost recovery basis. Library staff are not available to do extensive research or to interpret materials for external users. Reference staff can provide only limited telephone service. Telephone users will be asked to hold until in-person users have been helped. For a full range of services, non-UC users should consult their own institution's library or their local public library.