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Selected Resources for: Standards

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Subject Librarian: Jon Jeffryes

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Standards serve as a common language for engineers, designers and manufacturers, providing invaluable information to define quality and safety criteria; outline test methods and performance requirements; and provide rules and guidelines for products, processes and services.

The following page outlines 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



General Reference Sources


Standards

AAMI standards on CD: Biological Evaluation of Medical Devices Series

Standards from the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.

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AASHTO Standards

Standards from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Offices.

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ACI Manual of Concrete Practice

Standards from the American Concrete Institute.

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ASABE Standards Authentication Required

Standards, engineering practices and data adopted by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

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ASCE Standards
The Science & Engineering Library has partial holdings of ASCE Standards. To find an ASCE Standard, look up the standard by its title in MNCat .
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ASHRAE Standards

Standards from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers.

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ASME Standards

Standards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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ASTM Standards Authentication Required

Produced 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. Please note that if you are looking for older or inactive standards, the Science & Engineering Library has the Annual Book of ASTM Standards in print from 1975 to 2006.

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FIPS

Search the Federal Information Processing Standards Publications sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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IEC Standards

Standards 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.

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IEEE Xplore Authentication Required Link to mobile version of resource.

Full-text access to the transactions, journals, magazines and conference proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Includes all current Institute of Electrical Engineers Standards.
Remote access available for University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities students, staff and faculty

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ISO Standards

International standards produced by the International Organization of Standardization.

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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ITU-T Standards

Standards produced by the International Telecommunication Union--Telecommunication Standardization Sector.

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OSHA Regulations

Provides a comprehensive and easy to use resource for current Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards and compliance-related information.
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SAE Handbook
To search for SAE Standards, visit the SAE Standards Development Site. The Science & Engineering carries SAE J Standards (Ground Vehicle Standards) in the SAE Handbook, located on CD in Reference Room 206.
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Internet Resources


Search Engines

FDA Consensus Standards Database

Sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration.

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IHS/Global Standards Search

An excellent resource for searching and ordering engineering standards.

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NSSN

Database from the American National Standards Institute of over 100,000 standards sponsored by 600+ developers.

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Techstreet

Techstreet offers information on over 300,000 standards and codes from over 350 publishers.

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Web Sites

Plastemart.com ISO-ASTM Standards

Use this site to search for equivalent ISO/ASTM Standards relevant to plastics.

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Library Information


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