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Standards

 

Most standards are not listed in the Chinook catalog. Library staff will be happy to help you locate standards. Please ask for help at the Engineering Library Reference Desk or contact us by phone or email.

 

If the library does not own a standard needed by members of the university community, it may be able to purchase a copy.

 

Form to suggest the purchase of a standard.

You will need your BuffOne Card.

Standards available in print or electronic formats in the Engineering Library or available online from standards organizations. (Not an exhaustive list.)

 

ANSI Standards
Please search NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards to identify the most recent standard. The Engineering Library owns copies of many ANSI standards in paper. If not, we purchase standards to meet the needs of the university community. Please ask for help at the Engineering Library Reference Desk. You can also ask for help by sending an e-mail message to engref@colorado.edu.

 

AISC Standards
AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction) has made most of its ANSI/AISC standards available for download free of charge.


ASTM Standards
Available to students, staff and faculty. Please contact the Library for further information.

 

IEEE/IEE Standards
Available online from IEEE/IEE Electronic Library

 

ISO/IEC Standards

A significant number of information technology standards are available online from ISO/IEC Publicly-Available Standards. Available as zipped files.

 

ITU (Recommendations)
Online access to ITU-T and ITU-R recommendations. Please ask staff at the Engineering Circulation Desk to login to the system.

 

Military Standards

assistdocs.com provides access to Defense Standardization Program documents obtained from the official DoD repository, the ASSIST database. Registered users can access the database directly at http://assist.daps.dla.mil/online/start/

 

NASA Standards
NASA-Developed Standards Products, Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) standards, and Department of Defense (DoD) Standards Products available online from NASA Technical Standards Program. The site requires free registration.

 

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standards

SAE Aerospace Material Specifications
(Aerospace Material Specifications (AMS)--procurement standards, not design specifications)
CD-ROM TL698 .S23

 

SAE Ground Vehicle Standards
(J standards, recommended practices, and information reports. Includes J-1939 and related documents.)
CD-ROM TL1 .S24 July 2005 and April 2005 index 

 

SAE Aerospace Standards
(Aerospace Standards (AS), Aerospace Recommended Practices (ARP), Aerospace Information Reports (AIR), and Aerospace Resource Documents (ARD), including converted Military Specifications).
CD-ROM TL671.1 .S25

 

SAE Handbook.
(Ground vehicle J documents including standards, recommended practice, and information reports.)
CD-ROM TL151 .S62 2002

 

 

Standards Information Sources and Vendor Catalogs

 

British Standards Institution catalogue
The exclusive, authoritative, and most current site for all publications from BSI. The site contains information on over 35,000 current, historic, and draft British Standards Publications.

 

Colorado Building Codes (ARCAT)
The Architect's Catalog website offers a plethora of detailed information.

 

 

Global Engineering Documents (IHS)
Information Handling Systems -- a commercial standards provider.

 

 

IHS Domestic / International Standards Index / ASTM STANDARDS
Indexes national and international standards. Please ask staff at the Engineering Circulation Desk to login to the system.

 

 

National Information Standards Organization (NISO)

 

 

NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards
Provides access to information about currently approved standards and to standards projects in development all within a single source. The site also provides quick links to standards setting and regulatory agencies of the US government.

 

 

Standards & Specifications Written By Scholarly Societies
Scholarly Society Project, University of Waterloo Electronic Library.

 

 

Underwriter's Laboratories catalog
UL Standards and standards-related products and services.

 

     
 
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