IHS Global
Access: Publicly available resource
Description: Searchable index to technical standards, codes, specifications, Government/Military standards and specifications, and related documents. IHS offers documents from more than 370 technical societies around the world such as:
- AIA / NAS - American Institute of Architects
- AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- ANSI - The principal national federation of standards developers in the U.S.
- API - American Petroleum Institute
- ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
- ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- ASQ - American Society for Quality
- ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials
- AWS - American Welding Society
- BOCA - Building Officials and Code Administrators International
- BSI - British Standards International
- CSA - Canadian Standards Association
- DIN - German Institute for Standardization
- EIA - Electronic Industries Alliance
- ICBO - International Conference of Building Officials
- ICC - International Code Council
- ICEA - Insulated Cable Engineers Association
- IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission
- IEEE - leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical technology and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics.
- IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries.
- ISA - Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society
- ISO - International Organization for Standardization.
- NEMA - National Electrical Manufacturers Association
- NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
- NISO - National Information Standards Organization.
- SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers
- SMPTE - Society of Motion Picture Television Engineers
- UL - Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Many standards are available, in print and electronically, through the Library of Congress Technical Reports and Standards Unit (TRS).
Coverage: Various Dates
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Publicly Available Resources
Technical Reports and Standards
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Related Links
DTIC's Technical Reports Collection
National Standards Systems Network ** http://www.nssn.org/ **
NIST Scientific and Technical Databases ** http://www.nist.gov/srd/ **
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