Academics

STUDENT SERVICES

LEARNING RESOURCES

LIBRARY

POLICY

It is the policy of the University that the student is provided with adequate library and research resources to complete the degree program in which the student is enrolled. The University depends for library and other learning resources primarily on other institutions’ collections and resources not in possession of the University. The student must secure rights to use information at a local academic or research library in their locale.

The University depends for library and other learning resources primarily on other institutions’ collections and resources not in possession of the University.

Students are directed to the Association of Research Libraries on the internet at www.arl.org for information about academic libraries in their locale. ARL is a not for profit organization of 123 libraries in North America comprised of the library collections of major state and private universities. The student is required to obtain academic library facilities in or near his/her home locale, and is to complete and return to the University certification that documents such facilities are accessible. The student must obtain a library card from the academic library which will include a fee which is dependent on the libraries’ policy.

University, the student has access to a professional librarian or information specialist experienced in the electronic retrieval of information to provide support for and serve as a resource guide for the student.

There are many no-charge libraries online. Such as the following:

Universal Digital Library - The million book collection.
Project Gutenberg - More than 20,000 eBooks, audio books, CDs and DVDs.
Bartleby - Huge collection of reference, verse, fiction and nonfiction books.
Ibiblio - Library and digital archive offering eBooks, academic papers, software, music, and streaming radio.
Google Books - More than 100,000 books and a fully searchable database.
Live Search Books - Thousands of books and a fully searchable database.
>World Digital Library - Source for manuscripts, rare books, music, films, maps, prints and more in multilingual format.
>ERIC - World's largest library of digital education literature.
Bibliovault - Digital files for more than 12,500 books.
Internet Public Library - Books, magazines, newspapers, reference materials and more.

University Sponsored Digital Libraries

Online Books - More than 30,000 books from the University of Pennsylvania.
The Perseus Digital Library - Tufts University collection of classics and humanities resources.
Columbia University Libraries Broad range of text, audio and images from Columbia University.
Yale University Library - Wide range of books, abstracts, films, images and more.
Brigham Young University Digital Collection - Text, scholarly periodicals, theses and dissertations, audio and images from Brigham Young.
Internet Archive,
Library of Congress,
Library of Congress,
National Archives,
Smithsonian’s Digital Library,
Michigan’s e Library,
New York Public Library,
Chicago Public Library,
Stanford University’s High Wire,
Harvard Library Portal to name a few.
International Digital Libraries

International Digital Libraries

The European Library - Audio and printed music, children's literature, academic papers, and much more.
National Library of Australia - e-journals, subject guides, pictures and other digital collections.

The University shall document compliance with the policy by having the student provide to the Registrar’s office the following forms:

Library and Information Retrieval Resources Form
Library Use Authorization Form

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

As the student progress in their educational program, they may need to borrow various printed material for other libraries. Each student when they enroll must have a library card from an academic library in their area. If a particular edition is not available at the library in which the student has a library card, they may request that their library borrow the edition from another library. It will be the student’s responsibility to return the borrowed edition to their library on or before the due date to avoid any late penalties. Charges incurred because of overdue or lost items will be the student responsibility to pay.

HOUSING

The American Kings University is an online school and as such does not have any requirement to provide housing facilities.

PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE

The American Kings University does not offer any placement services.