Research Guides: Standards Resources: Major Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs)

Major Print and Online Full-Text Standards Series

Many print and online standards are available. These series include many that are limited Purdue users. Others are available free online or to clients who visit the Engineering and Science Library at Purdue.

AASHTO - Full Text
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
ACI Manual of Concrete Practice - Full Text
American Concrete Institute. (Selected full text standards available in TechStreet. Need ACI standards not currently available in TechStreet? Make a request https://www.lib.purdue.edu/services/standards-purchase)
AHAM - Full Text
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
AIAA - Full Text
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Standards available in HTML format.
AISC Code of Standard Practice (2010) - Full Text (free download)
American Institute of Steel Construction. Available for free download in the AISC free Pubs collection
ANS - Full Text
American Nuclear Society. (Selected full text standards available in TechStreet. Need ANS standards not currently available in TechStreet? Make a request https://www.lib.purdue.edu/services/standards-purchase)
ANSI and ANSI approved - Print
American national Standards Institute. Purdue University Standards Database is used to determine whether the library owns the standard. It may be searched by organization abbreviation, standard number, and title keywords.
ANSI Indorporated by Reference IBR Standards Portal
is hosted by ANSI and contains read only access to Standards Incorporated by Reference in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations. No Purdue subscriptions are involved.

ASABE Technical Library
Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers,the ASABE Technical Library contains information on engineering in agricultural, food, and biological systems. The database includes the full-text of the following categories of materials from the Society: ASABE standards, ASABE journals, Technical meeting papers, conference proceedings, monographs, design topics and special publications. A category may be searched singly or all categories may be searched together.

ASCE - Full Text
American Society of Civil Engineers. The titles are in reverse number order. When you find the title you want, click "Complete Book PDF" below the title. For example ASCE/COPRI 61-14. You may also use the pull-down browse feature
ASCE - Print
American Society of Civil Engineers shows a list of ASCE standards. The library subscribes to print and CD. The standards are cataloged separately and shelved in the Library of Engineering and Science.
ASHRAE - Full Text
American society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineering. Access through the IHS Engineering Workbench platform.
ASME - Full Text
American Society of Mechanical Engineering.

ASTM Compass
A vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information. The Library covers a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering. Provides access to active standards, as well as historical standards (2000-present).

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AENOR (UNE) Standards – Subscription trial access available via ASTM Compass until May 20, 2025. AENOR is the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification. Items in this collection include AENOR standards that are the equivalents of international ISO and IEC standards. There are about 134,000 standards in this collection, and it covers about 80% to 85% of the international standards.

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BSI - Online
British Standards Institution. (Selected full text standards available in TechStreet)
DOD ASSIST - Full Text
contains Department of Defense and Federal specifications and standards.
ICAO - Full Text
International Civil Aviation Organization
ICC - Full Text
International Code Council contains the International Codes. For example: International Building Code, International Fired Code, International Mechanical Code. Print editions are also available but by be out of date.
IEEE - Full Text
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ISO
International Organization for Standardization. Selected ISO standards are available in electronic format and in print. Check IHS Engineering Workbench and TechStreet Enterprise for electronic availability of selected ISO standards.
ITU-D - Full -Text Free
International Telecommunication Union -Telecommunication Development. For more publications from ITU-D, browse the sector on the left-hand side of ITU Publications.
ITU-R - Rec - Full-Text Free
International Telecommunication Union - Radiocommunication Recommendation. For more publications from ITU-R, browse the sector on the left-hand side of ITU Publications.
ITU-T - Full-Text Free
International Telecommunications Union - Telecommunication. For more publications from ITU-T, browse the sector on the left-hand side of ITU Publications.
ITU Publications
expert, unique and reliable ICT content delivered via 4000+ titles, including publications, handbooks, reports, software, and databases.
MIL Standards and Specs
United States military specifications and standards. Many documents available freely by searching DOD ASSIST
NASA - Full Text
NASA Technical Standards and Center Standards (freely available)
NFPA - Full Text
National Fire Protection Association (Fire code available in TechStreet. Other NFPA standards available for free (view only) with an account on the NFPA website.)
NFPA website
NFPA codes and Standards
NISO - Full Text
National Information Standards Organization
Purdue University Standards Database
is used to determine whether the library owns the standard. It may be searched by organization abbreviation, standard number, and title keywords. Most are shelved in the Hicks Repository. Search by call number "620.03 B77"
SAE - Full Text
Society of Automotive Engineers.
Snell Foundation Standards
Freely available standards for helmets (e.g., racing, motorcycling, equestrian sports, bicycling, rollerblading , snowboarding, skiing, and karting) and related topics.
UL- Full Text
Underwriters Laboratories - UL Standards can be viewed online with the creation of a free account
USP-NF Online
United States Pharmacopeia and The National Formulary (USP–NF) - book of public pharmacopeial standards. It contains standards for chemical and biological drug substances, dosage forms, and compounded preparations, excipients, medical devices, and dietary supplements.

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Major Print and Online Full-Text Standards Series