Introduction

Standards and specifications are documents that describe and/or recommend a set of rules and conditions for how materials and products should be manufactured, defined, measured, or tested. Standards are used to establish minimum levels of performance and quality and optimal conditions and procedures for the purpose of ensuring compatibility of products and services from different sources. Specifications tend to have more limited applications than standards and generally establish requirements for materials, products, or services. Standards and specifications may be issued by voluntary technical or trade associations, professional societies, national standards bodies, government agencies, or by international organizations.

The PSE Library has only a limited number industry standards and specifications in its collection. See Standards available at UCD for those that we do currently have access to. Please search either the Harvest: UCD Davis Catalog or the Melvyl (http://ucdavis.worldcat.org) (usually by the title of the standard or specification) to determine whether we own standards from other standards organizations such as AASHTO, ANSI, ASCE, ASHRAE, ASME, ISO, etc.

Most standards organizations have websites that allow you to search and order standards directly from the publisher. There are a number of more comprehenisve standards indexes available for searching and ordering as well.

ANSI University Outreach Program

Faculty interested in getting copies of ISO or IEC Standards for use in the classroom can now get copies for students via the ANSI University Outreach Program (http://www.ansi.org/education_trainings/university_outreach.aspx?menuid=9).

1. Faculty select specific ISO (http://webstore.ansi.org/SdoInfo.aspx?sdoid=39) or IEC (http://webstore.ansi.org/SdoInfo.aspx?sdoid=40) standards and complete and return the University Outreach Pilot Project enrollment form.
2. ANSI sends an e-mail to the faculty member with a unique URL and password for their students to access the standards online and ANSI provides faculty with the University Outreach Pilot Project License Agreement for distribution to all students given access to the free standards.
3. Faculty distribute URLs, passwords and the License Agreement to their students.
4. Faculty contacts ANSI with any additional requests for resources.
5. As they become available, ANSI will contact faculty with additional teaching resources.
6. At the end of the semester faculty participate in a brief evaluation of the pilot.

To learn more about access to complimentary standards, the University Outreach Pilot Program, or a copy of the enrollment form, please send a message to Phoebe Ayers (psayers@ucdavis.edu) or Bob Heyer-Gray (bobhg@lib.ucdavis.edu).

Standards available at UCD

AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials)

AASHTO specifications include Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing PSE Reference TE200 .A615 2009; AASHTO Provisional Standards PSE Reference TE200 .A53 2009; Roadside design guide PSE Media TE228 .A49 2006 CDROM; AASHTO LRFD bridge design specifications PSE Reference TG310 .A43 2007; and Standard specifications for highway bridges PSE Reference TG310 .A6 2002

AATCC (American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists)

Current Test Methods and Procedures are available via the AATCC Technical Manual Shields TP890 .A25. Earlier years and discontinued Methods are available from UCD/NRLF TP890 .A25

ACI (American Concrete Institute)

Most recent edition of ACI manual of concrete practice is available at PSE TA682 .A5. Earlier print volumes are avaialble from UCD/NRLF TA682 .A5.

AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction)

Access to selected AISC specifications. Paper copy of AISC specifications can be found in the Manual of Steel Construction in PSE Reference TA684 .A5 2001.

ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)

Web access to current ASABE standards requires UCD IP. Current paper copies are available at PSE Reference S671 .A41. Earlier versions in print are available from UCD/NRLF S671 .A41.

ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials)

Current edition only available at PSE Reference TA401 .A68. Previous years available from UCB/NRLF TA401 .A53.

AWWA (American Water Works Association)

Most recent edition of Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater, available at PSE Reference QD142 .A5. Ealier years are available at PSE & Shields QD142 .A5.

IBC (International Building Code)

PSE Reference TH420 .I5 2006

IFC (International Fire Code)

PSE Reference K3674 .I58 2003

International Telecommunication Union Recommendations (http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC/e)

Free web access to all currently approved ITU standards.

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Web access to current IEEE & ANSI/IEEE approved standards requires UCD IP.

NISO (National Information Standards Organization)

Web access to all currently approved ANSI/NISO standards. Also available via Techstreet.

SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)

Current SAE standards are available via the SAE Handbook, PSE Reference TL5 .S6. Earlier years are available at PSE TL5 S6.

UBC (Uniform Building Code)

PSE Reference KF5701 .A39 I5 1997

Standards Searching and Indexing

ASSIST

ASSIST-Quick Search provides direct access to Defense and Federal specifications and standards available in the official DoD repository.

Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)s Scientific and Technical Information Network

Provides access to citations of unclassified unlimited documents that have been entered into DTICs Technical Reports Collection from December 1974, as well as the electronic full-text of many of these documents.

Document Center

Global Engineering Documents

ILI Standards & Specifications (requires registration)

NSSN: A Global Resource for Standards

Techstreet