Standards Available at NC State University Libraries
We have compiled a list of relevant standards that organizations have made freely available for a limited period of time to support global efforts in dealing with the COVID-19 crisis.
This page summarizes access for the complete standard sets the NC State University Libraries buys or has free access to.
The NC State University Libraries buys online access to current and active standards from ASME and UL through the IHS Engineering Workbench database. (IHS users are required to access the IHS platform through a registered account. To register, you must provide your name and email address, as well as a password of your choosing. Your email address will serve as your username. If you need assistance with registering, contact IHS Customer Care at https://www.ihs.com/CustomerCare).
Withdrawn or inactive standards and standards from other organizations will not be available online via IHS Engineering Workbench (you will see purchase prices for them). They can be ordered individually, at no cost to the patron, via the Standards form in Tripsaver (this service available only to current NC State faculty, staff, students, and university affiliates). Several other standards sets listed below are available in print in the various NC State University Libraries.
Online Standards |
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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers - ASABE | |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME Underwriters Laboratory - UL |
IHS Engineering Workbench
Click on "IHS Engineering Workbench" |
American Society for Testing and Materials - ASTM |
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Code of Federal Regulations - CFR | |
Institute for Electronics and Electrical Engineers - IEEE | |
International Code Council - ICC |
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Military Standards and Specifications - MIL-STDS or MIL-SPECS |
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National Information Standards Organization - NISO See below for ISO. NISO ≠ ISO. |
Print Only Standards |
Book/Serial Location |
American Society of Agricultural Engineers - ASAE Goes online as ASABE Technical Library in 2005 |
ASAE Standards (1984-2005) |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials - AASHTO |
Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing
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American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists - AATCC |
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American Concrete Institute - ACI |
ACI Manual of Concrete Practice ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices (2018) ACI 318-19: online access available via IHS Engineering Workbench |
American Oil Chemists’ Society - AOCS | Official Methods and Recommended Practices of the AOCS |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME | ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code |
Society of Automotive Engineers - SAE |
SAE Handbook |
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry - TAPPI | TAPPI Test Methods |
ISO Standards
The NC State University Libraries does not buy access to all ISO documents, online or in print. There are, however, over 2000 books and documents related to ISO standards as well as approximately 315 items more tightly focused on ISO standards themselves in the collection. Several hundred ISO and ISO/IEC standards are also publicly available through the ISO website.
Other standards books and documents
There are over 10,000 books, documents and other materials in the Libraries relating to standards.