Textbooks for Faculty
Purdue Global provides a self-service model for faculty who need a physical textbook.
VitalSource (Digital Book) Faculty Samples Directions
Sign up to access digital copies of course textbooks. Most titles are available after the initial signup.
Desk Copy Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities
If you need accommodations, please reach out to your Human Resources Business Partner by emailing PGHR@purdueglobal.edu.
Ordering a Desk Copy from the Publisher
If you need a physical desk copy or cannot find your textbook on VitalSource, you can request a copy directly from the publisher.
Directions:
Find the publisher of the textbook needed from your course syllabus
Select the drop-down associated with the publisher's name in the listing below
Click on the link below the publisher's name to order the desk copy
Publishers A - C
A
AAP
https://services.aap.org/en/forms/review-copy-request-form-for-educators/
Academic Press
https://www.academicstudiespress.com/examcopies
Addison- Wesley
https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/subject-catalog.html
AHIMA
Allyn & Bacon
https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/subject-catalog.html
American Bar Association Publishing
e-mail option only: orders@abanet.org
American Medical Association
https://commerce.ama-assn.org/store/ui
American Psychological Association
https://www.apa.org/pubs/books/course
ANA
https://www.nursingworld.org/education-events/Books/requesting-review-copies/
Aspen/ Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
https://support.wklegaledu.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
B
Bloomsbury
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
Brookes Publishing
https://brookespublishing.com/customer-service/exam-review-copies/
C
Cengage
eBooks: https://www.cengage.com/instructors/ebooks/
Desk Copy Request: https://cp.cengage.com/cic-hand-raise_cont_1782284?isbn=9780357899649
Chicago Business Press
Corwin Press
Publishers D - L
D
Drawn & Quarterly
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies
E
Elsevier
https://textbooks.elsevier.com/web/Login.aspx
Elsevier Health (Nursing)
https://inspectioncopy.elsevier.com/
Elsevier Science
https://inspectioncopy.elsevier.com/
F
F.A. Davis
https://www.fadavis.com/instructor-request
Faber & Faber
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
Farrar
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
G
Golden Guides from St. Martin’s Press
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
Graywolf Press
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
Guilford Press
https://www.guilford.com/professors
H
Harper Perennial - Harper Collins
https://www.harperacademic.com/pages/ordering/
Health Administration Press
https://www.ache.org/learning-center/publications/books/higher-education/exam-desk-copy-requests
Henry Holt
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
Hill & Wang
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
J
Jones and Bartlett
https://www.jblearning.com/educators
K
Kaplan Publishing
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZwVaSw0mTueofK1sc4M_Q7GmajvvsYfmiClLS4pHzsJ1CFQ/viewform
Kaplan Schweser
https://www.kaplanfinancial.com/universities/faculty/cfp (Kaplan Financial)
Kendall Hunt
https://he.kendallhunt.com/RequestReview?nid=28322
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
https://penguinrandomhousehighereducation.com/
L
Lippincott
Longman
https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/subject-catalog.html
Publishers M - S
M
Macmillian- Bedford/St. Martins/Worth/ Freeman/ MPS/ Palgrave
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/book-order
Mcgraw Hill
https://mhedu.force.com/CSOM/s/desk-copy-form#SubmitRequest
Metropolitan Books
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
MLA
https://www.mla.org/Publications/MLA-Book-Publications/Request-a-Desk-Exam-or-Review-Copy
N
North Point Press
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
O
O'Reilly Books
https://www.oreilly.com/academic/
Oxford University Press
https://global.oup.com/ushe/examination-copies/?cc=us&lang=en&
P
Pearson
https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/subject-catalog.html
Penguin Random House
https://cart.penguinrandomhouse.com/education/desk/
Picador
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
Prentice Hall
https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/subject-catalog.html
ProEd Inc.
https://www.proedinc.com/Pages/Item/8495/FAQS.aspx
S
Sage/CQ (Congressional Quarterly) Press
https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/how-to-request-your-review-copy
St. Martin’s Griffin
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
St. Martin’s Press Trade
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
Straus and Giroux
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
Publishers T - Z
T
Taylor and Francis
Times Books
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
Tor/Forge
https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies/
U
University of North Carolina Press
https://uncpress.org/desk-copy-policy/request-electronic-desk-copy/
V
Vital Source Faculty Sampling Portal
https://www.vitalsource.com/sign_up?from_sampling=true
W
West Academic
http://lawfacultyresources.com/
Wiley
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/shop/etextbooks-courseware
Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
https://support.wklegaledu.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Wolters Kluwer Nursing
NOTE: Please remember that each publisher has a slightly different process for requesting a faculty desk copy. Some publishers will require you to create an account that will need verification similar to VitalSource, and others will not.
On the rare occasion that a faculty desk copy is not available, the faculty should submit a request to their academic chair. Each school can follow the process established in the school for purchasing academic resources for its faculty.