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Standards tutorial
- Tutorial: Standards: what are they and how can I find them?Discover what standards are, why they exist, and identify major publishers of standards. Recognize where and how to get access to them.
Standards online (databases and websites)
- ASABE Standards (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)Find standards governing the engineering and data practices adopted by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Civil Engineering DatabaseThe Civil Engineering Database indexes all ASCE journals, conference proceedings, books, standards, manuals, magazines, and newspapers. Full text is available for most journals from 1983 to present.
- ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital LibraryProduced by the American Society for Testing and Materials, this resource provides instant access to the current digital edition of the Annual Book of ASTM Standards.
- FDA Consensus Standards DatabaseSponsored by the Food and Drug Administration.
- IEC StandardsStandards published by the International Electrotechnical Commission. There are several publicly available ISO/IEC standards at the above link. Otherwise, the Science and Engineering Library has a limited print collection of IEC Standards, with partial coverage from 1961-1997.
- IEEE XploreFull-text access to the transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Includes all current IEEE Standards.
- ITU-T StandardsStandards produced by the International Telecommunication Union--Telecommunication Standardization Sector.
- National Information Standards Organization (NISO)NISO, the National Information Standards Organization, a non-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information in today's continually changing digital environment.
- OSHA RegulationsProvides a comprehensive and easy to use resource for current Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards and compliance-related information.
- SAE HandbookTo search for SAE Standards, visit the SAE Standards Development Site. The Science & Engineering Library carries SAE J Standards (Ground Vehicle Standards) in the SAE Handbook, located on CD in Room 208.
- TechstreetTechstreet offers information on over 300,000 standards and codes from over 350 publishers.
Standards in the Libraries (physical copies)
The following list includes sources for identifying and locating specific standards both online and at the library. For a detailed list of our standards as well as others held locally, please see our list of locally held standards collections.
- AAMI standards on CD: Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices SeriesStandards for the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, 2009.
- AASHTO StandardsStandards from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Offices.
- ACI Manual of Concrete PracticeStandards from the American Concrete Institute.
- ASCE Standardsthe Science & Engineering Library has partial holdings of ASCE Standards.To find an ASCE Standard, look up the standard by its title in the Libraries Catalog
- ASHRAE StandardsStandards from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers.
- ASME StandardsStandards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- ISO StandardsThe Science & Engineering Library has partial holdings of ISO Standards. To find an ISO standard, look up the standard by its title or number in the Libraries Catalog.
Be sure to check the ISO handbooks (TA368.I8) to see if your standard is included in one the handbook volumes.
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