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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

https://www.ahima.org/education-events/education-by-product/books/textbook-resources/ahima-review-desk-copy-request-form/

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: Email course and textbook information to john.hunt@cengage.com.

Chicago Business Press

https://chicagobusinesspress.com/

The Chicago Business Press has been acquired by Sage.

Corwin Press

https://us.corwin.com/resources-folder/review-copies

Publishers D - L

D

Drawn & Quarterly

https://us.macmillan.com/tradebooksforcourses/desk-and-exam-copies

E

Elsevier

https://educate.elsevier.com/

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

https://shop.lww.com/adoption

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

Open University Press

https://www.mheducation.co.uk/higher-education/open-university-press

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

R

Routledge

https://www.routledge.com/our-customers/instructors/textbooks/inspection-copies

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

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod/salesforce-form/desk_copy_webform.html

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

https://thepoint.lww.com

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.

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