Each year, UCI Libraries award four UC Irvine undergraduate students with the Nellie Ansley Reeves Awards for their outstanding senior theses. Presented at the annual Campuswide Honors Collegium Banquet, the awards are accompanied by a $250 prize. 

The Nellie Ansley Reeves Award Endowment was established by Nellie Ansley Reeves, a generous supporter and friend of the UCI Libraries until her passing in 2000. For more than 25 years, the endowment has funded prizes to UCI students to honor Reeves’ wish to involve students in scholarly research and writing.

UCI Libraries invite you to celebrate Pride Month with the help of our resources. Learn about key LGBTQ+ milestones and figures at UC Irvine, in Orange County, and beyond. Our research guides and archival collections document political, social, and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and up to the present day. Also enjoy books, films, and art created by LGBTQ+ artists and honoring the community.* 

Unless they specify a UCI login, these materials are available to the public year-round, at no cost.

The month of May brings cultural celebrations that honor Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Jewish Americans. The UCI Libraries is proud to be a part of these celebrations by showcasing various films, books, digital exhibits, and physical exhibits from our Libraries that are created by, produced by, or relevant to Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Jewish Americans.

Unless they specify a UCI login, these materials are available to the public year-round at no cost.

Hours for UCI Libraries’ buildings and study spaces vary during the summer term. Visitors are encouraged to consult lib.uci.edu/hours before coming to campus.

To see how busy we are, check out our real-time space tracker.

Space Reservations

Current UCI students, staff, and faculty are welcome to reserve study spaces online:

Now through May 31, 2024, the exhibit Healing and (Re)Building Connection Through Art will be on display in Langson Library. The first installation in the UCI Libraries’ Student Displays Pilot Program, the student exhibit features artwork inspired by a fall 2023 UC Irvine travel course to Mexico on undocumented immigrant experiences taught by Laura E. Enriquez, UCI associate professor of Chicano/Latino studies. 

While the UCI Libraries carry and subscribe to a vast collection of books and scholarly resources, a large selection of equipment, gadgets, and apparatuses are also available to check out at no additional cost.

This Earth Week, UCI Libraries invite you to explore the research of F. Sherwood Rowland (1927-2012), former UCI professor, climate advocate, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

From heartwarming memoirs and eco-cinema to sweeping coverage of global phenomena, the Libraries also have a wide selection of environmental-related research aids, ebooks, and streaming media.

UCI student scholars in the Libraries’ grant-funded C-CAP TEACH program build on and expand community-archiving initiatives

At nine years old, Esmeralda Martín’s goals were to attend college and become an author. At 18, she enrolled into UC Irvine, majoring in education science and psychology and social behavior with the hopes of one day becoming a teacher. During her time at UCI, Esmeralda also discovered a passion for research and how it can enable her to help her community.