To login to the IAAP Web Community, you will need to access one of several links from the IAAP headquarters website (www.iaap-hq.org).
Additionally, you can also bookmark the direct link to the web community, which is http://community.iaap-hq.org.
In the screenshot below, you can see three different links to login. Both the "IAAP Members" and the "Members" links will go directly to the web community site. However, after the page loads, you will still need to click the "Login to see members only content" link at the top of the page. After logging in, you will be automatically redirected back to the web community site.
The "Login" link will take you directly to the login page. However, after logging in you will not be automatically redirected to the web community.
Once you are on the web community site, you can login using the "Login to see members only content" link.
If you know your login information, enter it into the Username and Password fields and click the "sign on" button. If you've never created a login before, click the "Need a login?" link. In order to create a login, you will need your Member ID and first and last name.
If you've forgotten your password or would like to change your password, click the "Forgot Password?" link. You will need to submit the email address that was used when the login was originally created. An email will be sent to that address that will allow you to reset your password. If you are no longer using that email address, you will need to contact headquarters to have it updated in our member database.
Once you have logged in successfully, you will see a welcome box on the web community home page that replaces the "Login to see members only content" link. Seeing this box lets you know that you have logged in successfully and can access members only areas and other restricted IAAP content.
If you login using the direct "Login" link from the IAAP headquarters site, you will not be automatically redirected to the web community. Instead, you will see a page similar to the screenshot below. To get to the web community, click the "The Web Community?" link where indicated below. Because you have already logged in, you will not see the "Login to see members only content" link. You should already see the welcome box.
The Web Community's Document Library is a great resource for finding documents related to your chapter/division or documents from IAAP headquarters, but knowing how to use it properly is important to finding what you're looking for.
Please follow the guide below to learn how to search the Document Library. If you have additional questions, please email Ben McClanahan, IAAP Internet Communications Coordinator.
Before you search
If you're simply looking for a document from headquarters, you should look in the IAAP International Library first before attempting to search for the document. The library's folder view makes finding documents by department (I.E. Membership, Certification, etc.) easy.
To access the IAAP International Library, click on the link in the Resources dropdown menu:

In the example below, if you're looking for a document relating to the Certification department, you simply highlight the folder and double click on the title of the document you would like to access.

Searching the Library
1) To search the document library, select "Search library" from the "Resources" dropdown menu.
2) Use the search fields provided to construct your search query.
Note: Searching by Document ID was phased out of the search functionality in Jan. 2011.
It is important when submitting your search query to filter your results, either by tag, library or file type. This will increase the quality of your search results and minimize the number of results you need to browse through.

(Note: IAAP also maintains a “Frequently Requested Documents” page, in case you’re looking for something many members might be after.)
As an example, let's say you wanted to find a form to transfer your membership from one chapter to another.
The search terms you might enter would include, "transfer membership form."


When you click the search button, your results will be returned.
But first, let's take a look at how many results we would get for this query if we did NOT filter by library. As you can see, the search returned over 1,000 results, which would make it fairly difficult to find the document you are looking for.

However, the same search query using the IAAP International Library filter returns only 175 results, and the top 3 results are very relevant (the document you would need for this example is actually third on the list).

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