Reference
An online reference section for the Marriott Library.
Web Resources
NOTE: Standards are not freely available on the internet. Much time and money are involved in the creation and maintenance of technical standards. These organizations, mostly non-profit ones, must recover their costs from low-volume sales (standards are not best sellers!). |
Major Standards Issuing Organizations (Selected)
- Google's List of National Standards Bodies
- Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI)
- Aluminum Association, Inc.
- American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
- American Concrete Institute (ACI)
- American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA)
- American Insurance Association (AIA)
- American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- American Petroleum Institute (API)
- American Public Works Association (APWA)
- American Society for Quality (ASQ)
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) [formerly known as the American Society of Agricultural Engineers]
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- American Water Works Association (AWWA)
- American Welding Society (AWS)
- Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST)
- Baking Industry Sanitation Standards Committee (BISSC)
- British Standards Institution (BSI)
- Canadian Standards Association (CSA)
- Comité Européen de Normalisation/European Committee for Standardization
- Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN) [in English, the "German Institute for Standardization"]
- Edison Electric Institute
- Electronic Industries Alliance
- Energy Institute
- European Computer Manufacturer Association (ECMA) standards
- Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association
- Heat Exchange Institute
- Hydraulic Institute
- Industrial Fasteners Institute
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
- International Municipal Signal Association
- Marble Institute of America
- Metal Powder Industries Federation
- National Electrical ManufacturersAssociation (NEMA)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- NFPA Codes and Standards [Available via our library subscription to MAD CAD]
- NFPA Handbook of the NEC
- National Electrical Code (NEC)
- National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- NSF International: The Public Health and Safety Organization
- SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers)
- Standards cover aerospace to all forms of vehicles (agricultural, off-road, bus, truck, motorized, USCAR, etc.)
- SAE Standards Works
- Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI)
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
- Union Technique de l'Électricité et de la Communication (UTE)
- US Bureau of Reclamation
- US Department of Defense - Single Stock Point for Military Specifications, Standards and Related Publications (DODSSP)
- US General Services Administration
- U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association [formerly known as the U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association]