Standards

 

A standard is “set up and established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality.”* 

The Purdue University Libraries is pleased to provide standards from a variety of organizations in print and full-text online formats.   These collections and services are provided by serial subscriptions, special funding, and one-time purchases.

Many national and international standards are purchased as needed, catalogued individually, and shelved in our Standards Collection by Call Number.

Library users may check the currency of a standard in Specifications and Standards and ILI Standards Database, or the organization’s web site.  

*Webster’s Third New International Dictionary: the English Language Unabridged.  Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster Inc. Publishers , 1993. 

 

Specifications and Standards: IHS Standards Expert   is a database of national and international standards, including full-text online access to ASTM, AASHTO, ASHRAE, ASME,  ICC, ITU-T, and NFPA.

Purdue University Standards Database provides a list of print standards available in the Engineering Library.

ILI Standards  Database: Standards Full Access is a useful index for identifying national and international standards and finding  equivalent standards.

ISONET Directory is a directory of national and international standards organizations connected with the ISO Information Network 

 

The library subscribes to new and revised print standards approved by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) as well as several other standards organizations which are listed with the Industry Standards.  A searchable catalog of available print standards is available Here

• Most standards are shelved in the Standards Collection in the Basement of the Engineering Library by organization code and standard number.  There is also a separate area ordered by call number.  Selected standards are on Reserve or Reference.

• A large number of  British standards published before 1985 are housed in Hicks Repository [620.03 B77]

Specific standards not owned by Purdue may be requested via the Engineering Library’s Purchase Request.    

 

AASHTO – American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

ACI – American Concrete Institute. Engineering (Periodicals) Call Number: 691.5 Am3pam

AHAM - Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers   
displays each standard on the web site as a document.  The title must be searched separately.

ANSI approved – American National Standards Institute (print), see Purdue University Standards Database for organization abbreviation and standard number.

ASCE  – American Society of Civil Engineers (print) shows a list of ASCE standards.  The library subscribes to these standards in print/CD , has the standards catalogued separately, and shelved with the standards by call number.

ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials 

ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials historical collection

ASABE - American  Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers or ASAE - American Society of Agricultural Engineers

ASHRAE – American Society of Heating, Refrigeration  and  Air-Conditioning Engineering

ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineering

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

ASME Boiler & Pressure Code. Vol. II – Materials.

BSI – British Standardization Institute.  Print standards owned by Purdue are indexed in the Purdue University Standards Database

ICC – International Code Council contains the International Codes.  For example: International Building Code.  Print editions are available

IEEE – Institute of Electrical Engineering

IEST – Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology.

Indiana Building Code.    2003 IBC also shelved with a copy of the 2000 International Building Code.

ITU-D – International Telecommunication Union -Telecommunication Development Sector

ITU-R - International Telecommunication Union – Radiocommunication Sector 

ITU-T   -  International Telecommunications Union – Telecommunications

ITU-T – International Telecommunications Union – Telecommunication Standardization Sector

NFPA – National Fire Protection Association

NISO – National Information Standards Organization

SAE   - Society of Automotive Engineers

AMS  Aerospace Materials Specifications
AS  Aerospace Standards
AIR Aerospace Information Reports
ARP Aerospace Recommended Practices

SAE  - Society of Automotive Engineers

J Ground Vehicle Standards, SAE Handbook on a workstation behind the Engineering Library Reference Desk

 

CFR – Code of Federal Regulations 

FR - Federal Register 

IAC – Indiana Administrative Code 

IR – Indiana Register