Civil Engineering: Standards

Many professional organizations publish industry standards. The UI Library provides access to the full text of standards from the following organizations:

ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)
University of Idaho Users Only

ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials). The UI Library owns the complete printed collection of ASTM’s 2009 standards, available at the UI Library Reference Collection (1st floor), call number Ref TA401.A43.

To find specific ASTM Standards in print:

1. Identify the volume number of your standard either by doing a search on the ASTM web site (example:  Book of Standards: Volume 15.12) 
   
   You can also find volume numbers by using the ASTM Book of Standards Index Volume 00 at call number TA401.A43 (1st Floor Reference). The web search is easier!
   
   
2. Use the volume number from step 1 to find the correct volume and locate the standard in it. Standards are in alpha-numeric order within the volumes. 

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). The UI Library subscribes to the IEEE Explore database which provides access to their published standards.
University of Idaho Users Only

NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards This is a free search engine for standards-related information for the U.S. and internationally, as well.

Standards.gov “offers background materials and useful links for locating information about the use of standards in government.”

Use these tools to search for standards, to access them the check the library using the Standards guide linked from this page.

NSSN Search Engine for Standards

http://www.nssn.org/

Techstreet Standards and Specifications Search

http://www.techstreet.com/

• American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
  http://www.aashto.org/
• American Petroleum Institute (API)
  http://www.api.org/
• Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA)
  http://www.disa.org/
• Department of Energy (DOE)
  http://tis.eh.doe.gov/techstds/ 
  Electric Industries Association (EIA)
  http://www.eia.org/
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  http://standards.ieee.org/index.html
  All active IEEE Standards are available to authorized OSU users through the OSU Libraries' subscription to the IEEE/IEE Electronic Library.
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  http://www.iso.ch/
• International Telecommunications Union (ITO)
  http://www.itu.ch/
• National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
  http://www.niso.org/
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  http://www.nist.gov/
• Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
  http://www.scc.ca/
• Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
  http://www.ul.com/