Publications

	Ordering NIST Publications
	Most requested publications
	An Introduction to Computer Security: The NIST Handbook (SP 800-12) and other computer security publications (the Special Publication 800 series)	NIST Recommended Practice Guides (All PDF files which require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download it free or contact inquiries@nist.gov if you can't access .pdf files, to request a paper copy.) - Data Evaluation - Particle Size Characterization - Installing, Maintaining, and Verifying Your Charpy Impact Machine - Rockwell Hardness of Metallic Materials - Surge Protection
	Criteria for Performance Excellence (Baldrige)
	Care and Handling Guide for the Preservation of CDs and DVDs (SP 500-252)
	Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)(SP 811)
	Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty (TN 1297)	Specifications, Tolerances, and other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (Handbook 44)
	Guide to NIST
	Life-Cycle Costing Manual (Handbook 135)	Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality (Handbook 130)
	NIST Guides to European Union Directives

	NIST Journal of Research
	Program Specific Links
	Building and Fire Research Laboratory	Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
	Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology	Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
	Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory	Information Technology Laboratory
	Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory	Physics Laboratory
	FIPS - Federal Information Processing Standards, including county codes and city codes	Standards Publications
	Fire Research Information Service	Weights and Measures

	General Publications
	Fact Sheets
	Releases and Newsletters
	Strategic Planning and Economic Analyses
See also: A-Z Subject Index, NIST Home Page Date created: 2/21/01 Last updated: 06/16/08 Contact: inquiries@nist.gov