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Desk Copies

  1. Please contact your Dean's or Director's office to request texts and report problems. Instructors do NOT contact the library.
  2. Deans/Directors - Order Deadlines for Bookstore and Desk Copies: Fall Semester - June 18; Spring Semester - October 29; any Summer Session - April 2. Use Desk Copy Request Form.
  3. Text information in this database is for instructor's materials which may have a different ISBN than student materials (i.e. annotated instructor texts).
  4. BIO, HES, NAT, NUR and TLC (Learning Cornerstone) materials are NOT listed in this database.
  5. Bring the "Desk Copies Received" notice to the appropriate college library to pick up materials and initial and date the form.
  6. Desk Copy materials are the property of NPC and must be returned when - resigning, class is canceled, new text is adopted, instructor is no longer teaching that course. Desk copy items are free but may only be used for teaching that course - they may not be resold, given to students, or placed in a library.

The Dean's offices have access to the database showing materials assigned to faculty.

Forms to search the Desk Copy Database