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Available Standards at RIT

RIT provides full text access to standards issued by ASTM and IEEE through subscription databases.

ASTM Compass
The ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library is a vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering information. The Library covers a broad range of engineering disciplines, including aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, industrial, materials science, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science, and solar engineering.
IEEE Xplore
Full text of IEEE and IEE journals, magazines, transactions and conference proceedings as well as active IEEE standards. Ebook packages include over 1200 IEEE/Wiley Press titles and over 950 MIT Press titles in computer science and engineering technologies.

Standards issued by the following organizations are freely available on the web.

ASSIST - QuickSearch
ASSIST is the official source for specifications and standards used by the Department of Defense. Use to locate military standards and specifications. MIL-STD-XXXX, MIL-PRF-XXXX, MIL-DTL-XXXX, MIL-SPEC
EverySpec
Freely available standards, specifications, and specifications. Locate known standards by government agency or search for standards.
ITU
ITU standards, called ITU-T Recommendations are free to all via this site.
NFPA
NFPA Codes and Standards are now freely available. Sign in, create a profile, and view read-only versions of the codes and standards.
OSHA
Contains links to all current OSHA standards.
TAPPI standards, technical information papers, and useful methods
TAPPI Standards, Technical Information Papers, and Useful Methods and more are available on this CD-ROM.

IDS Express
We may be able to get copies of standards via IDS Express (sometimes called interlibrary loan). After logging in with your RIT credentials, open the New Requests menu and select Standards Document.

Learn about the lifecycle of a standard from the IEEE Standards Association -- from starting a standards project to regular revising.

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