General User Guide

Guide for students 

This document is intended for students at an institution with a Cambridge eTextbooks subscription. It will help you login for the first time, and will walk you through the functionality for student users:

PDF: Cambridge Aspire from Cambridge University Press: Information for students

Guide for instructors and faculty 

This document is intended for instructors and faculty members at an institution with a Cambridge eTextbooks subscription. It will help you login for the first time, and will walk you through the functionality for instructors: 

PDF: Cambridge Aspire from Cambridge University Press: Information for instructors

General User Guide 

The following user guide provides basic step-by-step information on using the site. 

PDF: Cambridge Aspire Website User Guide

Our Cambridge Spiral assistance page contains additional information on advanced features such as annotations, bookmarking and copy/paste functions.

If you have queries about Cambridge Spiral, please visit our Cambridge Aspire Help Centre. You can also view information on our offline reading applications.

Librarian Guide

There is also a guide for Librarians that explains the features of the Cambridge Aspire from Cambridge University Press website.

PDF: Welcome Brochure for Librarians

Webinars and Demos

For upcoming product demonstrations and training on the Cambridge Aspire website, please visit our About training page. If you wish to attend one of the sessions please take note of your preferred time and date and use the link to access. 

If you would like to stay up to date with upcoming webinars please drop a line to academictraining@cambridge.org and request to be added to our training mailing list.