Selected Resources for: Standards
 | Subject Librarian: Jon Jeffryes E-Mail: jeffryes@umn.edu Subject Description: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. |
| AASHTO Standards Standards from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Offices. |
| ACI Manual of Concrete Practice Standards from the American Concrete Institute. |
ASABE Standards  Standards, engineering practices and data adopted by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. |
| 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 . [more information] [  Add To myLibrary!] |
| ASHRAE Standards Standards from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers. |
| ASME Standards Standards from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. |
| ASTM Standards 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. |
| DoD Index of Specifications and Standards Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. |
| FIPS Search the Federal Information Processing Standards Publications sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. |
| 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. |
IEEE Xplore  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. |
| 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. |
| ITU-T Standards Standards produced by the International Telecommunication Union--Telecommunication Standardization Sector. |
| OSHA Regulations Provides a comprehensive and easy to use resource for current Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards and compliance-related information. |
| SAE Digital Library IMPORTANT NOTE: This resource does not work well with the Safari browser on Macs. Firefox works fine on the Macintosh platform. The Standards portion of the SAE Digital Library references thousands of SAE standards. SAE publishes many new, revised, and reaffirmed standards each year in three categories: Ground Vehicle Standards (J-Reports); Aerospace Standards; and Aerospace Material Specifications (AMS). his Technical papers portion of the SAE Digital Library references thousands of SAE Technical Papers covering the latest advances and research in all areas of mobility engineering including ground vehicle, aerospace, off-highway, and manufacturing technology. Sample coverage includes fuels and lubricants, emissions, electronics, brakes, restraint systems, noise, engines, materials, lighting, and more. [more information] [ Add To myLibrary!] |
Internet Resources
Search Engines| FDA Consensus Standards Database Sponsored by the Food and Drug Administration. |
| IHS/Global Standards Search An excellent resource for searching and ordering engineering standards. |
| NSSN Database from the American National Standards Institute of over 100,000 standards sponsored by 600+ developers. |
| Techstreet Techstreet offers information on over 300,000 standards and codes from over 350 publishers. |
Web Sites
| Plastemart.com ISO-ASTM Standards Use this site to search for equivalent ISO/ASTM Standards relevant to plastics. |
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