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- If you don't find what you're looking for:
- If you still don't find what you're looking for, try through Interlibrary Loan, which will cost $2.00 per filled request.
Journal Articles & Databases
- Print Journals
- Search the AIU catalog for print journals by journal title.
- Search the AIU catalog for print journals by subject by typing in "yoursubject periodicals." For example: "statistics periodicals."
- For more help, go the FAQ: Journals page.
- If your library does not have the journal, request a particular journal article from Interlibrary Loan. It will cost $2.00 per filled request.
- Online Database
- Choose an online database (on campus or off campus) if you want a large number of article references, both descriptions of articles and fulltext. Then check to see if the library has the articles either in print or in fulltext
- For more help, go to the FAQ: Journals page
- If your library does not have the journal, request a particular journal article from Interlibrary Loan. It will cost $2.00 per filled request.
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Websites for:
The following are suggestions for links to sites outside AIU. We are not responsible for the content.Reference
Internet Public Library: ReferenceHas links to almanacs, associations, biographies, calendars, demographics, dictionaries, encyclopedias, periodicals directories, quotations, and style & writing guides. Refdesk.com
Extensive list of links to news, reference resources, facts-at-a-glance (area code finders, calculators, calendars), weather, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and links grouped into subjects like business/career, education, environment, health, language, literature, arts & culture. Dictionaries Onelook Dictionary Search
Can search over 100 dictionaries of various languages or browse through dictionaries by topics which include business and medicine. Yourdictionary
Online dictionary; dictionaries of many different languages; glossaries of over 50 topics like business, education, and psychology; grammar guides; thesaurus; and translation help. Encyclopedias and Almanacs Bartleby.com
Search various encyclopedias, books of quotations, and anthologies of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Infoplease.com
Almanacs, biographies, dictionary, encyclopedia. Information on the world, U.S., history, biography, business, culture, health and science.
Statistics
FedStatsOffers links to statistics from over 100 United States federal agencies. Can access by topic, agency, or geography. National center for Education Statistics
NCES is the major U.S. agency for collecting education statistics. Covers elementary, secondary, postsecondary, early childhood and international education.
National
Survey of Families and Households
Includes data from initial 1987-88 surveys of 13,007 households
with follow-up interviews with original respondents in 1992-94
and with eligible focal child in 2001-02.
Links to statistics on business and industry, demographics, economics, education, the environment, finance, foreign economies, foreign governments, foreign trade, health, labor, and sociology (including child abuse, divorce, and families).
U.S.
Census Bureau
From the U.S.
Department of Commerce. Has information and statistics on demographics,
business, economics, foreign trade, and geography. Also has quick facts
by state and county.
The Bureau of Labor is the major fact-finding agency of the US government for labor economics and statistics. Links to information on inflation, wages, productivity, international statistics, occupations, demographics, industries, geographical information and more. Know a site that would be helpful to others? Suggest it.