University of Minnesota Bookstore

Guide to Entering Online Textbook Requisitions                                                       

From www.bookstores.umn.edu choose “Faculty,” then “Textbook Adoptions,” then “Enter Here to Create a Textbook Requisition.” 

Enter your U of M login and password when asked to do so. If you are not already a registered user, please contact the Faculty Textbook Office to establish your user ID at textbook@umn.edu or 612- 626-9484

#1 – New textbook requisition  - choose your department - select “Go”

Next screen

  • Enter instructor information:  First name, last name, etc.
  • Select a coordinator
  • Select term
  • Choose “Submit”

Next screen

  • Choose course number and section (enter course number and section manually if your course is new or not listed)
  • Enter projected enrollment
  • If no text is required or if a packet will be required, check the appropriate box
  • “Comments to Bookstore Staff” - add any comments that may help Bookstore staff process your textbook order
  • Choose “Submit”

Once you reach this “split screen” you have generated a requisition number; please contact the textbook office if you decide not to proceed with the order.
Choose “Add Books” from top left of screen (Course history of previously used textbooks will be displayed if the current and previous course and section numbers are exactly the same.)

If using a textbook from “history”
            Choose “Add to Requisition”
            Choose “Required or Optional” from the drop down menu
            Note any special instructions
            Choose “Enter Text”
            **If “history” does not have desired textbooks, choose “Enter Text Manually”
or “Search Book Database” from bottom of screen.**

If no textbook history exists
            Choose “Enter Text Manually” or “Search Book Database”
            Choose “Required” or “Optional” from the drop down menu
                        Note any special instructions
                        Choose “Enter Text”

Repeat this process for each textbook. Once you hit “Enter Text,” the book you just entered will move from the left to the right  side of the screen. Several books can be added to one requisition.


When you have completed your order, choose “SUBMIT” at the top of the page. 
You will receive an email confirmation once you submit your order. If you don’t hit “SUBMIT”,
your order will NOT be processed and you will not receive an email confirmation.

Print a copy for your records.

Adoption Review
From Bookstore’s Home Page
Choose “Faculty”
Choose “Textbook Adoptions”
Choose “U of M’s Textbook & Adoption History” – Select term, type in dept. & course,  choose campus & hit “Get Books”

Once the textbook office closes a requisition, you will not be able to modify any information on that requisition.  To add books to an existing order, you will need to begin a new requisition or you can send us an email. When creating a new requisition for a course that already has one for that semester, the following message will appear: “Requisition _______ was already created for this course, please choose here to view this requisition or here to continue creating a new requisition.”  Choose the second here to create a new requisition for the course and please enter a brief note letting us know that this is in addition to a previous request.