Resources for Lecturers


Inspection Copy Service

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SAGE's Inspection Copy Service allows lecturers to thoroughly review our textbooks before deciding whether to adopt them for use on courses.
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Add and read comments from other lecturers on our new online peer review system

Once you’ve had a chance to review a textbook you can now (if you requested an inspection copy of it via your SAGE online account) add your comments about it so they can be read by other visitors to the textbook’s homepage.

Inspection Copies are available where you see this icon Inspection copies are available wherever you see this icon

Our representatives are available to discuss your requirements and recommend suitable texts for your courses. Contact details of worldwide representatives and agents (PDF 62kb).

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Custom Publishing Service - Create Your Own Textbook!

  Create Your Own Textbook!

You can now draw on SAGE’s vast backlist of books and journals across the social sciences to create a custom book specifically suited to your students’ needs.

You can choose from across our publishing range, including: journal articles from SAGE-owned journals, textbooks, reference works (where copyright lies with SAGE) and academic supplementary texts and monographs.

For more information on this service please contact your nearest sales representative who will be happy to work with you to help you devise your own text and answer any questions you may have.


Free Chapter Samples & Journal Issues

  'Supplements' indicates that additional materials are available to download.

Sample Chapters

Download sample chapters of books in your subject. You'll find chapter samples linked from book product pages, available to download as PDF files.

Sample Journal Issues

Search SAGE Journals Online for abstracts and articles in your field of study. If you are not already subscribed through your institution, you can access free journal articles from a back issue of each title.
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Companion Websites

  Companion Websites

Some of our websites are supported by companion websites, offering extra resources to students and lecturers alike - from additional study notes, content and links to ideas for essay topics and practical assignments. Wherever you see the companion web site icon (pictured left) you can access further study resources. View titles with companion websites.


First Lecture Slides

  First Lecture Slides

Students are more likely to use a textbook if they are referred to it by their lecturer at the start of their course. To assist with this, SAGE has created ‘first lecture’ slides for major texts from the current season which you can incorporate into your opening lecture of the new term. View titles with first lecture slides.