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IHS Standards Expert (formerly called IHS Specs & Standards) provides information on over 350,000 standards from more than 450 organizations including U.S. Industry Standards, Non-U.S. Industry Standards, European Standards, Non-U.S. National Standards, Non-U.S. Defense Standards, and Corporate Standards - which are updated weekly.

You can locate industry standards you need by Keyword, Document Number, Organization, or Document Type search functions. IHS Standards Expert also enables you to retrieve lists of all documents that reference a specific document, provides document outlines & histories, listings of responsible activities, and hypertext links to referenced documents.

Personalization features such as watch lists, alerts, and lists of favories are available with free registration.

A new interface debuted in April 2008. See the Standards Expert transition page for tips and training.  

Standards, codes, and specs accessible in full text to LANL staff are:

  • ACI
  • ANS
  • ANSI historical standards (1986- )
  • ANSI nuclear standards
  • ANSI standards which DoD has adopted
  • ASCE
  • ASHRAE
  • ASME
  • ASME BPVC
  • ASQ
  • ASSE
  • ASTM
  • AWS
  • ICC (I-Codes)
  • [ IEEE standards are available in E-Science Server ]
  • ISA
  • ISO QUALITY (selective)
  • NECA/NEIS
  • NEMA
  • NFPA
  • SMACNA
  • UL
  • and selected standards from other societies that the DoD has adopted


Summary data for industry codes and standards not included in the LANL subscription will also appear in search results. If these items are available in full text, they can be purchased via Global Engineering Documents which allows for purchase with a credit card.

Some standards are maintained locally in hard copy -- see the LANL Engineering Standards listing.

For assistance using IHS Standards Expert,

  • contact the Research Library by phone (7-5809) or email, or

  • contact IHS Customer support at 800-447-3352; our Customer Support ID Number is 5926584.



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