Connie Wu Engineering Information Specialist/Information Services Librarian conniewu@rci.rutgers.edu January 2008

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Standards

Standards are written descriptions of the criteria for a specific product, process, test, or procedure that is agreed to by formal processes. Here lists several sites of standard databases.

American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
ANSI delivers enterprise-wide, electronic access to the most standards collections. Entire document collections are available via the ANSI Online Electronic Standards Store (ESS). Thousands of standards are ready for immediate download with a fee.

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Provides index to more than 10,000 ASTM standards. The full texts are available to the public for a fee.

Department of Defense Specifications and Standards
Provides direct access to nearly 100,000 full text DoD Specifications and Standards available in the DoD master repository. The search does not require an account and password and the documents are available to the public free of charge.

NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards
Serves as a central point to search for standards information from many sources and serves as an important gateway connecting those who seek standards to those that supply them. The site contains information from more than 600 national, foreign, regional and international bodies.

Standards and Specifications written by Scholarly Societies
Provides by the University of Waterloo, the site links to standards-developing societies and associations from around the world.