Technical standards are standardized ways of producing or processing that are agreed upon by professionals around the world. You may be familiar with many of these organizations: ISO, ASTM, ANSI, etc. The library subscribes to the current ASTM and IEE standards; others can be accessed, but not always as full-text documents. Check out the links below, and contact me (malyn.berger@wmich.edu) for any questions regarding standards we don't have physically or electronically through the library.
Waldo Library only subscribes to the current standards for the ASTM and IEEE. For all other standards, if you do not find what you need in the Library's online catalog, please contact the Engineering Librarian for assistance or use the Engineering Workbench to order what you need (faculty and graduate students only). For students in classes that require the use of standards, special arrangements need to be made by the instructor.
A vast collection of standards and technical information covering a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science and solar engineering.
Please note that we do not have online access to the previous or Redline versions. For older ASTM standards, the University Libraries has only the 2010 edition (Request the needed volumes from the Zhang Center - call number TA 401 .A653). Any other older ASTM standards, please request them through Interlibrary Loan
ADA Standards for Accessible Design
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Handbook of Comparative World Steel Standards
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The Measure of Man and Woman
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Faculty and graduate should contact the engineering librarian, Malyn (malyn.berger@wmich.edu) for assistance with requesting engineering standards.
This database allows users to search more than 1 million standards from over 370 standards organizations. Users need to set up a personal account to search this database. Due to recent changes to the database, faculty and graduate students must contact the applied sciences librarian, malyn.berger@wmich.edu, to order standards. Standards will be delivered via email by Accuris. Undergraduate requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.
