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Many organizations issue standards. The type of standards they develop is related to the kind of work that they do.
For example,ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) sets standards for materials, products, systems, and services, such as ASTM E422, "Test Method for Measuring Heat Flux Using a Water-Cooled Calorimeter."
The Main Organizations That Issue or Publish Standards
ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) -- Standards for materials, products, systems, and services, such as "ASTM F1338 - 91(2007) Standard Guide for Main Propulsion Medium Speed Marine Diesel Engines Covering Performance and Minimum Scope of Assembly"
ANSI (American National Standards Institute) -- Oversees the creation, promulgation and use of thousands of norms and guidelines across business, including acoustical devices, construction equipment, dairy and livestock production, and energy distribution. ANSI itself does not issue standards but accredits programs that assess conformance to standards, such as the ISO 9000 (quality) and ISO 14000 (environmental) management systems.
East View -- This company collects standards, and allows browsing and searching of the State Standards of the Russian Federation ("GOSTy"), in English or Russian.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) -- Standards in electrical engineering and electronics, such as "Standard test specifications for gas-tube surge-protective devices." Note: IEEE Xplore does NOT include any draft standards; it only includes approved standards.
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) -- ISO is "the world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards.ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 157 countries, one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system."
Standards.gov -- This government organization just offers information about standards. It offers "background materials and useful links for locating information about the use of standards in government." Their focus is on how federal agencies use standards.
How to FIND Standards
Finding Standards in the JHU Libraries catalog
Unless you have the ISSN or ISBN of the standard, do an ADVANCED KEYWORD search in the JHU Libraries catalog.
Put in as much information as you can and include the word "standard" as a subject word
If you are sure that a particular word is in the standard's title, use the TITLE field and try limiting by the date.
Finding Standards in Databases
Some databases allow you to limit your search to just "standards."
For example, in Compendex you can limit your search to standards by searching for "standard" as an "EI Control term."
You can also go to the Web site of the organization that produced the standard and see whether they have a catalog of their standards. Or, do searches in some of the organizations listed above.
How to Get Standards
Always try Interlibrary Loan first!
Look in WorldCat to see if any library has cataloged the standard you're looking for. If so, perhaps it can be obtained through Interlibrary Loan.
Click on the standard you'd like to see; e.g., "ASTM F1814-97a(2003) Standard Guide for Evaluating Modular Hip and Knee Joint Components." [Make sure to notice the difference between "active" standards vs. "historical" or "withdrawn."]
ASTM standards are grouped by broad subject areas in each volume, and then numerically by number within the volume. On the online page, note the number after "Book of Standards Volume." In this case, it's 13.01.
Go to the print edition and choose Volume 13.01, and then follow the headings at the tops of the pages until you get to F1814 etc. The full standard includes figures and tables.
The library buys a new set every three years. If the online page says that there a later standard than the print, you can probably get it through interlibrary loan.
IEEE Standards -- These are FT online
The IEEE database, called "IEEE Xplore," contains the full text of IEEE journal articles, conference proceedings, and standards published from 1988 to the present.
Look at the web site of the particular organization whose standard you want. You will usually have to buy the standard, but there is other good information. For example, ISO's online FAQ is extremely helpful. It includes answers to common questions, including the list of products, services, and the many varied things for which there are standards.
Use their online database to search for more than 300,000 industry codes and standards from 350 of the world's leading standards developing organizations. Areas covered include aerospace, architecture/engineering/construction, boilers and pressure vessels, electronics, energy and petrochemical, food and beverage, information technology, medical and pharmaceutical, and water and wastewater, among others.
The customer service FAQ page mostly concerns how to pay them and how much it costs to have standards shipped to you.
