The University of Oklahoma Press was the first university press in the American Southwest, and only the fourth in the western half of the United States.
The University of Oklahoma Press has published some 3,000 books since 1929 and is primarily known for titles on the American West and Native Americans.
Natural history also features, with titles on the plants and animals of Oklahoma and the Great Plains, including Fifty Common Birds of Oklahoma and the Southern Great Plains and the Oklahoma Breeding Bird Atlas. Among environmental studies titles is Biodiversity and Native America.