Cambridge Higher Education

Higher Education from Cambridge University Press is a digital library of over 1200+ textbooks across subjects, including but not limited to Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine & Nursing, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences.

Cambridge Higher Education Portal offers the highest quality content & resources from leading authors for instructors and students, supporting successful teaching and learning journeys in today’s rapidly changing educational environment.

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  • Science & Technologies
  • Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Law
  • Computer Science
  • Physics
  • Management
  • History

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Ease of access: Benefits for librarians

Cambridge Higher Education partners with librarians to provide the tools and resources to simplify access management and provide a seamless learning experience for faculty and students.

Institutional access options

Cater to your specific needs with various options like individual title leases or collections.

Flexible start & end dates

Adjust access periods to align with your semester schedule (minimum 15-day notice required).

Clear Communication

Transparent pricing models and readily available title lists simplify budgeting and planning.

Unlimited concurrent users

All your students and faculty can access subscribed titles simultaneously.

Scalability

Accommodate fluctuating student enrollment numbers without additional charges or access limitations.

Discounts for print ownership

Leverage existing print collections to negotiate special pricing for eTextbook versions.

IP range & remote access authentication

Users connect seamlessly based on existing institutional logins.

LMS integration

Integrate eTextbooks directly into your Learning Management System for a unified experience.

Deep linking

Instructors can easily create chapter-level links for inclusion in syllabi and reading lists.

Technical support

Our dedicated team is readily available to address any technical issues.

Up-to-date title lists

Easily identify the latest eTextbook additions to enhance your collection.

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Power up your teaching: Benefits for instructors

Cambridge Higher Education empowers instructors to deliver impactful learning experiences with expert solutions and suite of innovative resources. Here's how we support your teaching goals:

Over 1,200+ high-quality textbooks: Choose from print or digital formats, including standard texts by renowned authors, to perfectly suit your course needs.
Cambridge Spiral eReader: Enhance your teaching with LMS integration, deep linking, and shared annotations for a collaborative learning environment.
Inclusive & equitable access programmes: Ensure all students have the resources they need.
Tailored instruction: Deliver personalised learning experiences that cater to each student's understanding level.
Flexible courses & customisation: Craft courses and assignments that precisely match your curriculum and teaching style.
Individual support & progress tracking: Provide students with targeted support and measure their progress for improved engagement and success.
Not-for-profit mission: Our commitment ensures high-quality resources are accessible at competitive prices, benefiting both instructors and students.
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Level up your studies: Benefits for students

Cambridge Higher Education empowers students with a comprehensive learning ecosystem, high-quality content, and flexible access, setting you up for success.

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Everything at your fingertips: Vast library of textbooks, learning materials, and innovative tools—all curated by Cambridge experts.
Flexible learning: Study anytime, anywhere with online access & multiple formats (eBooks, textbooks). Our resources adapt to your evolving needs.
World-class content: Learn from renowned authors and access in-depth resources with seamless integration.
Offline access: Download textbooks with the Cambridge Spiral eReader for uninterrupted study (even offline!).
Active learning features: Take notes, highlight, and share material for a personalized and collaborative learning experience.
Free access possible: Your institution may provide free access to some or all textbooks!

Librarian FAQs

If electronic textbook provision is handled by the institutional librarian, we’d suggest instructors pass on details of the title needed to you or another member of library staff. You can then contact your regional library sales representative to discuss subscription options. If you already have an existing relationship and account with Cambridge University Press, the process should be relatively straightforward, but we can process requests direct from the instructor if the library is not involved.

If a new version of a textbook is published within the term of your lease, you will have the option to upgrade to the new version either immediately or before the next academic term.

Yes, your institution can lease individual or collections of titles. For further information please see our access options page or you can contact our sales department for further information.

For institutional subscriptions, we don’t offer any limit on the number of concurrent users who can access a title at any one time. Once your institution has access to a textbook, this is available for your whole institution/faculty.

If it emerges, midway through a semester, that the cohort of students is much larger than expected, we will not immediately charge more or withdraw access. If in the subsequent year you decide to renew your annual lease for the textbook, we will discuss the price based on the new enrolment estimate.

We understand that enrolment numbers can be difficult to confirm with 100% accuracy, so we trust our customers to offer their best estimate. If it turns out that the cohort of students is much larger than expected we will not immediately withdraw access or apply an additional charge. We will always discuss the situation with you first and where necessary readjust the pricing for subsequent years.

There is an up-to-date title list available to download which is automatically updated as new titles are added.

If you contact your existing sales representative with details of your current print adoption, we’re happy to discuss the option of converting this to e-version, or for a discount for the eTextbook to use alongside the print version.

We understand that semester times differ from institution to institution, so we can turn your access on when this is required. We do ask that you can give as much notice as possible to set up your access, but with a minimum of 15 days.

You can read eTextbooks online using our Cambridge Spiral eReader in read-only mode. This will give you the ability to read the eTextbook, but not access features such as annotations, bookmarking or offline reading via a mobile or desktop computer.

If you wish to use the advanced Cambridge Spiral eReader which includes additional functionality such as annotations, bookmarking and offline reading you will need to login in two stages:

  • Stage 1: Via your institution. You will need to login to your institutional/library access in the normal way. This enables access to the website. This is most commonly handled via IP range (when on-campus) or via remote access (including Athens, Shibboleth, and EZProxy).
  • Stage 2: Via your individual user account, using a username and password. This enables access to all the content of the eTextbooks and all the personalised features of the site, like offline reading, highlighting, note-making, bookmarks, etc. These are remembered within the individual account, so that they can be accessed in future. An account can be created here if you do not already have one. The account is shared with Cambridge Core, so bookmarks and other features on both sites can be accessed from one account.

Your institution will still need to have access to our textbook content in order for you to read them. You should contact your library or library services for more information.

If you are unable to access specific content, make sure that your institution is subscribed to the title and then contact our technical support team via our Technical Support Diagnostics Form.

You can learn all about the two different versions of the Cambridge Spiral ereader by viewing our

Cambridge Spiral eReader experience comparison page.

For the Stage 1 access, explained above, your institutional affiliation should be detected automatically, if facilitated by IP range authentication. If you are logging in via Shibboleth, the user can optionally retain authentication for a week, but otherwise must re-authenticate on each new browser session.

For the Stage 2 access, also explained above, your individual username/password can be stored for up to 30 days, if you select the ‘Remember me’ option.

Our eTextbooks are delivered by our Cambridge Spiral eReader. Once the textbook has been leased by your institutional library, all your students and instructors can access the textbook via the Higher Education website by selecting the Read Online button on the textbook page. Faculty and students can also download our Cambridge Spiral reader for IOS, Android, Mac Desktop and Windows Desktop. More information is available from our Cambridge Spiral page.

No, textbooks are supplied via our Cambridge Spiral eReader which includes functionality such as bookmarking, annotations as well as being able to be read on different devices. You will also be able to download the book to read offline through one of our Cambridge Spiral applications. Please refer to the Cambridge Spiral FAQs, or our comprehensive guide to Cambridge Spiral.

You can consult our User Guide and Videos. You can also consult the Contact & Help area which has FAQs and contact information for our technical support team who can assist you further.

Yes. We offer LMS integration for eTextbooks delivered through Cambridge Spiral. We have extensive technical guides on setting up the integration within your learning management system.

The institution does not need to have subscribed to any of our textbooks in order to set up LMS integration.

We offer the functionality for instructors to place chapter-level deep links (or permalinks) into their syllabi or reading lists. These links appear next to each chapter in the table of contents tab on the textbook overview page. To see our deep links on on the table of contents for any given textbook, you must be registered as an instructor. Instructor status can be set on registration, or updated in a user's account settings.

Once approved as an instructor, deep links will become visible on the table of contents listings of a book. We offer two ways for you to gather the links for use.

For more information on using deep links, head to our deep link FAQ page.

No, but students may wish to purchase their own copy for access after they leave your institution. This will also enable the student to preserve bookmarks, annotations, and other customisations they have made during their access via your institution.

Print and digital purchase options are available on the textbook page, but students who attend institutions with access already will not see prices until they select any purchase options.

Print purchase options delivered via the Higher Education website are currently only available to those based in the UK and Europe (excluding Russia and Ukraine). Users across the rest of the world will still be able to purchase print copies of textbooks, but will be redirected to our main Academic catalogue.

Yes. Online access to our textbooks is available via our Cambridge Spiral ereader. From the title's page select 'Add to cart' underneath the digital price on the left-hand side. If your institution has access, you can access digital prices via the 'Purchase digital edition' button.

Individually purchased access is perpetual, and further information can be found in our purchase terms and conditions.

You can learn how to use Cambridge Spiral by consulting our online guide. There is an FAQ dedicated to Cambridge Spiral as well to help answer common questions.

You can find out about our desktop, mobile and offline options via our application and offline information page.

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