Standards
- About Standards
- Featured Databases
- Print Standards
- Industry Standards
- Government Regulations
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
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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.
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
If you have questions or requests, please contact Mary Sego.