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Industry Organizations and National Standards Associations
• Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute
  http://www.ari.org
  The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) is a voluntary, nonprofit organization comprised of the manufacturers of air conditioning, refrigeration, and heating products. The more than 60 standards now published are mainly performance-rating standards, although some are application or terminology standards. Many ARI standards are accepted as American National Standards.

• American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials
  http://www.aashto.org
  The American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing highway and transportation departments in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. It is the only national public sector association that represents all five transportation modes: air, highways, public transportation, rail and water. Its primary goal is to foster the development, operation and maintenance of an integrated national transportation system.
  Some of the major AASHTO publications which include standards are Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing (Engineering Standards TE200 .A428), Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges (Engineering Reference TG310 .A6), and Guide Specifications for Highway Construction (Engineering Reference TE180 .G85 1988).

• American Concrete Institute
  http://www.concrete.org/
  The American Concrete Institute (ACI) serves the various components of the concrete industry. It has about one hundred technical committees, and the documents produced by these committees are arranged into five groups in the ACI Manual of Concrete Practice. They include research and administration, materials and properties of concrete, design and construction practices, structural analysis, and special products and processes.

• American National Standards Institute Online
  http://web.ansi.org/
  The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a private, nonprofit organization that facilitates the development of voluntary national consensus standards. A searchable catalog of standards is available at http://webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/find.asp?
  
  

• American Society for Testing and Materials
  http://www.astm.org/
  The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) is composed of 132 technical standards writing committees. They have published approximately 9,100 standard specifications, tests, practices, guides, and definitions for materials, products, systems, and services. ASTM has published standards dealing with metals, flammability, chemical products, lubricants, fossil fuels, textiles, paint, plastics, rubber, pipe, forensic sciences, electronics, energy, medical devices. A searchable database of standards is available.

• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
  http://resourcecenter.ashrae.org/store/ashrae/
  ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers is an international organization of 50,000 persons with chapters throughout the world. The Society is involved with research, standards writing, continuing education and publications.

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  http://www.asme.org/codes/
  ASME International serves the technical interests of its members, with a goal toward being increasingly professional in its outlook.

• American Welding Society
  http://www.aws.org/catalogs/
  The American Welding Society (AWS) works to advance the science, technology, and application of welding and related joining disciplines. AWS has published more than 140 standards under the guidelines of the American National Standards Institute.

• Canadian General Standards Board
  http://w3.pwgsc.gc.ca/cgsb/
  The Canadian General Standards Board web page contains a calendar, electronic catalogs, products lists, publication lists, and links to other standard sites.

• Data Interchange Standards Association, Inc. (DISA)
  http://www.disa.org/
  DISA supports the activities of the ASC-X12 and UN/EDIFACT standards-setting bodies, who develop standards for interindustry electronic data exchange.
  
  
• The Department of Defense Single Stock Point for Military Specifications, Standards and Related Publications: DODSSP
  http://dodssp.daps.dla.mil/
  The DODSSP site includes a link to ASSIST (Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System) which is a database system for DOD-wide standardization document information management. The ASSIST database resides at the Department of Defense Single Stock Point for Military Specifications and Standards (DODSSP), located at DAPS, Philadelphia.

• Department of Energy (DOE) Technical Standards
  http://tis.eh.doe.gov/techstds/
  As stated, the mission of the DOE Technical Standards Program is to: "...enhance DOE's transition to a standards-based culture by providing information, coordinating activities, and promoting the use of consensus standards, and when needed, the development of DOE technical standards." The website includes a searchable database to efficiently access the most relevant information.

• Document Center
  http://www.document-center.com
  Document Center Inc. specializes in paper copy delivery of specifications and standards. This is technical information used in trade, engineering, manufacturing, and other aspects of commerce. They can be government documents, such as regulations, or industry documents - for example, ANSI standards.

• European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
  http://www.etsi.org
  European Telecommunications Standards Institute provides a searchable catalog on their webpage.

• Global Engineering Documents
  http://global.ihs.com
  Provides a searchable catalog of over one million documents from over 450 standards organizations.

• IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) publications catalog
  http://www.iec.ch/
  Includes full infomation on published standards.

• IEEE Xplore- Standards
  IEEE Xplore is the IEEE Electronic Library, which contains IEEE Standards in full-text. UW Restricted.

• IEEE Standards Association
  http://standards.ieee.org/
  This site includes information on the SPA system, a loosely connected set of information technologies intended to streamline the IEEE standards development process. A searchable catalog of standards is available at http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/olis/index.html
  
  

• ILI Standards Infobase
  The ILI standards database covers 400,000 worldwide standards. Coverage extends across the industrialised world. Information given includes the Number, Title, Version, Summary, International Equivalents, Table of Contents and more. Included are the relevant EU Directives listing the standards required to attain the CE Mark. Over 250 Standards issuing authorities are covered including all the major ones around the world. UW Restricted.

• ISO Online
  http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage
  The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a non-governmental organization established in 1947. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. ISO maintains a searchable online catalogue of international standards. First time users may want to read the tutorial on how to use the catalogue. The searchable catalog of standards is available at http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/Standards_Search.StandardsQueryForm
  

• International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
  http://www.itu.int/
  The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is an international organizationwhich provides global telecommunication standards. ITU-T Recommendations (standards), form the foundations of the information and communications technologies of today. Download over 3000 ITU-T Recommendations for free.
  

• National Association of Corrosion Engineers
  http://www.corrosion.com/prep.html
  Develops and disseminates surface preparation standards and other standards relevant to the Corrosion Industry.

• National Electrical Manufacturers Association
  http://www.nema.org/standards
  The National Electrical Manufacturers Association is the trade association through which the electrical industry develops and promotes positions on standards and government regulations.

• National Fire Protection Association
  http://www.nfpa.org/Codes/index.asp
  The NFPR advocates scientifically-based consensus codes and standards, research, and education for fire and related safety issues.

• National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
  http://www.nist.gov/
  NIST's primary mission is to promote U.S. economic growth by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards.

• National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
  http://www.niso.org/index.html
  The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) develops and promotes technical standards used in a wide variety of information services. NISO is a nonprofit association accredited as a standards developer by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the national clearinghouse for voluntary standards development in the U.S.
  NISO also offers select standards for free download via Techstreet at: http://www.techstreet.com/nisogate.html

• National Standards Systems Network
  http://www.nssn.org/
  "The National Standards Systems Network (NSSN) is an electronic network that will link the standards systems of the hundreds of organizations involved in the development, production, distribution, and use of technical standards and will provide cataloging, indexing, searching and routing capabilities to the entire range of national, regional and international standards and standards-related information."
  Search for documents at: http://www.nssn.org/new.html Click on "Search for Standards".
  

• OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
  http://www.osha.gov/
  "Regulations and Compliance Links provides a comprehensive and easy to use resource for current OSHA standards and compliance-related information.Not all interpretations which have been issued by OSHA are included on "Regulations and Compliance Links". Ongoing maintenance is designed to provide the most up-to-date OSHA standards and interpretations of employee safety and health issues, while reducing the duplication of information and removing outdated guidance." A searchable database of OSHA Regulations is available at: http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshStd_toc/OSHA_Std_toc.html
  
  
• Society of Automotive Engineers
  http://www.sae.org/technicalcommittees/index.htm
  SAE publishes many new, revised, and reaffirmed standards each year in three categories: Ground Vehicle Standards (J-Reports); Aerospace Standards; and Aerospace Material Specifications (AMS). Access to this up-to-date information is a key component of efficient product design, testing and operation. Because standards are an agreement on form, fit and function, they enable industries, engineering disciplines, and countries to talk to each other in a common language.

• Techstreet
  http://www.techstreet.com
  Techstreet provides engineering and technical documents from over 55 standards developing nations.
  
  
• Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
  http://www.ul.com/info/standard.htm
  UL is involved in the U.S. Safety System, developing the UL Mark symbol of safety. UL's activities involve evaluating more than 16,500 different types of products for safety hazards, developing standards to test products, and registering the quality systems of organizations worldwide to various quality standards, including ISO 9000 and QS-9000 standards. UL maintains a separate standards website at: http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/.

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Other standards resources:

• NIST Virtual Museum The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) offers several online exhibits illustrating the development of standards in different contexts. Exhibits include: Standardization of Women's Clothing, Weights and Measures, NIST Stone Test Wall and Bat Missle.
• ANSI Internet Resources
  http://web.ansi.org/internet_resources/overview/overview.aspx?menuid=12
  This page contains links to other resources on the Internet providing information on standards, the standards development process and standards organizations. Updated frequently by ANSI.

• Computer & Communications Standards
  http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/standards.html
  Scores of links to standard bodies, including but not limited to, Internet standards.

• World Standards Services Network (WSSN)
  http://www.wssn.net/WSSN/index.html
  The World Standards Services Network (WSSN), is a network of publicly accessible World Wide Web servers of standards organizations around the world. Through the web sites of its members, WSSN provides information on international, regional and national standardization and related activities and services.

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