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University Presses
Are you looking for the book you need for a class? Are you searching for a book that will cover the topic you are researching? Or, maybe you're a teacher preparing for your next class? These university presses offer books about virtually every topic in literature including mythology, world literature, American literature, British literature, and beyond.
Book Arts Press, University of Virginia
Bibliographical laboratory supporting various programs concerning the history of the book and related areas.
Cambridge University Press
Founded in 1534, the world's oldest press is today one of the largest educational and academic publishers, producing more than 2,000 titles a year in print and electronic form.
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press
Scholarly books on the Ukraine.
Central European University Press
Publishes on topics concerning the past and present history and culture of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe
Chinese University Press
Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Cork University Press
Cork has a particularly strong list in Irish history and culture, including their catalog online.
Duke University Press
Duke University Press has their catalog online. They have a particularly strong list for literary studies and criticism.
Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Dedicated to scholarship and the exchange of ideas in a variety of disciplines within Italian Renaissance studies, including history, literature, music, philosophy, science, and theology, as well as the fine arts.
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press publishes scholarly works in a variety of fields. Their Web site features a customizable mailing list, which can notify you of new releases in your field of interest.
Hong Kong University Press
On the upper part of every page, there is a handy Quick Search area. The Book Search & Order link, always moving on the upper part of every page, provides other searches by ISBN, Author and Subject Area, apart from searches by Title and Publisher.
Huntington Library Press
This small University press offers titles in Art, Literature, and History.
Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press offers a very large list of academic and literary titles in over 30 fields of study, and also prints a variety of journals. Their Web site has a very clean, efficient design.
J. Paul Getty Trust Publications
The J. Paul Getty Trust is an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts and the humanities that includes an art museum as well as programs for education, scholarship, and conservation.
Marquette University Press
Marquette University Press publishes scholarly works in the Humanities, and focuses on Philosophy and Theology titles.
McGill-Queens University Press
McGill-Queens publishes 65-70 titles per year, and focuses on the work of Canadian scholars and writers.
Mercer University Press
Mercer University Press, established in 1979, has published more than 500 books. Operated by a ten-member staff, the press publishes more than 30 books annually.
Museum Tusculanum Press
Museum Tusculanum Press publish books to impart general knowledge and scientific dissertations within areas such as humanities, social science and theology.
New York University Press
The NYU Press page is packed full of goodies including a secure online bookstore with special offers, information about new titles, author and publicity information, reader reviews of their books, even RealAudio readings by selected authors.
Oberlin College Press
Oberlin is a high quality publisher of poetry and translations, and is also the home of Field, one of the longest-running and most respected poetry journals in the States.
Odense University Press
Denmark.
Open University Press
Publishers of high quality books for students, academics, and professionals.
Oxford University Press USA
One of the most renowned University presses, Oxford's site is graphichally appealing and offers multiple avenues for searching their 15,000 title catalog.
Penn State University Press
Penn State publishes research-oriented titles in a variety of fields. Their Web page is a little heavy on slow-loading graphics.
Popular Press of Bowling Green State Univ.
The Popular Press publishes books having to do with popular culture. Their site has abstracts for all the titles they publish.
Presses Universitaires de France
Web page information is in French.
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press offers a very user-friendly interface for academics interested in their scholarly titles, including title information, sample chapters, useful links and mailing lists.
Project Muse
Networked, subscription access to the full text of the Johns Hopkins University Press's scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
Rutgers University Press
Rutgers is a scholarly press devoted to academic titles in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Their page features information about the press, new releases, their newsletter, and information for writers.
Southern Illinois University Press
Publishing in the humanities and social sciences, it has made substantial contributions in art and architecture, classical studies, literary criticism, philosophy and religion, history, speech communication, and rhetoric.
Stanford University Press
Stanford publishes a very large list of academic and general interest titles in a variety of fields. You can search their 1,500 title catalog from the Web site.
State University of New York Press
SUNY publishes titles in a variety of fields. Their catalog is searchable by a variety of methods online.
Temple University Press
Temple publishes a variety of general and regional interest titles. Their Web site is a fast, clean, and efficient informational resource.
Texas A&M University Press Consortium
The Texas A&M University Press Consortium represents 7 different Texas press, and offers secure online ordering.
Texas Western Press
Books on the history and cultures of the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
University of Alabama Press
The University of Alabama Press publishes about 40 titles annually. Their list is particularly strong in works by and about writers of the South.
University of Alberta Press
Topics of publication include the Canadian West, the North, multicultural studies, health sciences, the environment, earth sciences, native studies, Canadian history and natural science.
University of Arizona Press
The University of Arizona Press focuses on titles of Western regional and scholarly interest. Their catalog has full listings and excerpts. Ordering is available over a secure server.
University of Arkansas Press
Arkansas has their complete catalog on the Web, in addition to an excellent "poets on-line" feature, which includes poet profiles and samples of their work.
University of California Press
University of California hosts one of the biggest University Presses, publishing hundreds of titles in 26 different subjects and hosts a particularly strong literature list. Books can be ordered directly over a secure server.
University of Chicago Press
The University of Chicago Press publishes a variety of interesting titles in addition to fifty different journals. Their Web site features value-added content including excerpts and special Web features.
University of Cincinnati Digital Press
The University of Cincinnati Digital Press is devoted to the electronic publication of original documentation of the Transmississippi West for use in research and instruction.
University of Illinois Press
Illinois has put their complete list and seasonal catalogs online. Their list is one of the strongest for literature and literary criticism. All their books are available for online purchase.
University of Iowa Press
The Hawkeyes boast a particularly strong short fiction and poetry list. The Web site features an online catalog, guidelines for submission to contests, and links.
University of Manitoba Press
The Press specializes in Native studies (including linguistics), women's studies, and western Canadian history, publishing both academic monographs and books for a general readership.
University of Massachusetts Press
UMass Press has a great, fast Web site, featuring their annotated catalogs, information for writers, and links to reviews. They have a very diverse list of fiction and nonfiction titles.
University of Michigan Press
The University of Michigan Press seeks to transmit knowledge throughout the academic community and beyond by the publication of well-chosen works of high merit.
University of Nebraska Press
The University of Nebraska Press Web site is under development. They offer titles in Native American and Latin American literature and history.
University of North Texas Press
UNT Press is presently producing 16 to 20 new books annually, in the fields of Texana, folklore, contemporary and social issues, general-interest nonfiction, guides, history, military studies, poetry, women's issues, writing and publishing, and critical biographies of Texas writers.
University of Scranton Press
The Press produces books on Theology, Religious Studies, Philosophy and Pennsylvania Culture, and History.
University of Texas Press
UT Press publishes a variety of titles of literary and regional interest.
University of Wales Press
Probably the world's largest publisher of books in Welsh, the University of Wales Press focuses on topics of Welsh and scholarly interest.
University of Washington Press
Search for information on our recently published and forthcoming titles under "New Releases Books" by subject.
University of Wisconsin Press
UW hosts a small press that features general interest, humanities, social science, and regional interest titles.
University Press of America
Since their founding in 1975, the Press has published more than 10,000 titles, including more than 400 in 1999.
University Press of Kentucky
The publisher for the Kentucky University system includes featured title information and books in print on this simple, dignified Web site.
University Press of Mississippi
The University Press of Mississippi publishes about 60 scholarly titles per year in a variety of subjects. Their Web site includes their list of books in print.
University Press of Virginia
University Press of Virginia publishes 50-60 scholarly titles in the humanities annually.
Utah State University Press
Utah State publishes titles in Composition, Folklore, Literature, History, and Regional interest.
Wesleyan University Press
"Founded in 1957, Wesleyan University Press publishes books in the humanities and social sciences as well as the reknowned Wesleyan Poetry Series."
Yale University Press
Yale is one of the larger University presses, publishing in a variety of fields. Their Art list is particularly strong. Their Web site features their recent catalogs.