Reference books are a good place to start...

Culturegrams REF GT150 .C85 2002 2 vols.
Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family  REF. HQ9 .E52 1995 2 vols. 
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide REF HQ1115 .G74 2003 6 vols.
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family REF. HQ9 .E52 2003 4 vols.
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures  REF GN307.J85.1999 9 vols.
Marriage Customs of the World  REF. GT2690 .M65 2004
Marriage, Family, and Relationships: a Cross-Cultural Encyclopedia REF. GN480 .B76 1994
Marriage on Trial REF. KF484 .Z9 2005
Social Issues in America: An Encyclopedia REF. HN57 .S624 2006 8 vols.
Wedding Dress Across Culture REF. GT1752 .W43 2003
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life  REF GN333.W67.1998 4 vols.
 

To search for books...

Library catalog: UNICORN
        Suggested subject terms:  marriage, love, marriage customs, wives, communication in marriage, family

Full text books online: eBooks
        Suggested subject term:  marriage and united states

Online Encyclopedias

To search for journal, magazine and newspaper articles...
 Note - Off campus users should access using the A-Z database list

Gale Databases (journal, magazine and newspaper articles)
General Reference Center (journal, magazine and newspaper articles)
Academic Search Premier (journal, magazine and newspaper articles)
Culture Briefings (country profiles)
CultureGrams (country profiles)

Internet sites...

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/divorce.htm 
National Center for Health Statistics: Marriage and Divorce

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/ms-la.html
US Census Bureau--Marital Status and Living Arrangements

 http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/marr-div.html
US Census Bureau: Marriage and Divorce

http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/03statab/vitstat.pdf
Statistical Abstract of United States: Population Statistics. Includes statistics on marriage and divorce

http://www.marriagedatabase.com
Marriage Records Search: A Guide for Finding Marriage Records and Databases on the Internet

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