Load external css file like scripts in jquery which is compatible in ie also

Is there a way to load external CSS files, like we load JS file by using .getScript method and also use the callback function like in .getScript

$("<link/>", {
   rel: "stylesheet",
   type: "text/css",
   href: "/styles/yourcss.css"
}).appendTo("head");

This Works in FireFox and similar but not in IE.

In jQuery 1.4:

$("<link/>", {
   rel: "stylesheet",
   type: "text/css",
   href: "/styles/yourcss.css"
}).appendTo("head");

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery/#jQuery2

Quick function based on responses.

loadCSS = function(href) {

  var cssLink = $("<link>");
  $("head").append(cssLink); //IE hack: append before setting href

  cssLink.attr({
    rel:  "stylesheet",
    type: "text/css",
    href: href
  });

};

Usage:

loadCSS("/css/file.css");

$("head").append("<link>");
var css = $("head").children(":last");
css.attr({
      rel:  "stylesheet",
      type: "text/css",
      href: "address_of_your_css"
});

I think what the OP wanted to do was to load a style sheet asynchronously and add it. This works for me in Chrome 22, FF 16 and IE 8 for sets of CSS rules stored as text:

$.ajax({
    url: href,
    dataType: 'text',
    success: function(data) {
        $('<style type="text/css">\n' + data + '</style>').appendTo("head");                    
    }                  
});

In my case, I also sometimes want the loaded CSS to replace CSS that was previously loaded this way. To do that, I put a comment at the beginning, say "/* Flag this ID=102 */", and then I can do this:

// Remove old style
$("head").children().each(function(index, ele) {
    if (ele.innerHTML && ele.innerHTML.substring(0, 30).match(/\/\* Flag this ID=102 \*\//)) {
        $(ele).remove();
        return false;    // Stop iterating since we removed something
    }
});