Engineering Library Standards Collection
The Engineering Library has a collection of standards that includes many full-text online standards. In addition we have collected links to many online standards collections available for free online.
Click the tabs below to view our standards collection. Many standards are listed in SearchWorks. To find standards search SearchWorks for the name of the standard issuing organization (e.g. ASTM) or the name of the individual standards title. Please note some standards are grouped together under the issuing organization, so you won't find the by title.
If you need assistance, contact the Engineering Library Reference Desk: engreference@stanford.edu.
Faculty interested in getting copies of ISO Standards for use in the classroom can now get copies for students via the ANSI University Outreach Program. For information and request forms please contract Sarah Lester (slester@stanford.edu).
Online standards
- Online Standards via TechStreet
Stanford users can access full-text online standards from the following publishers via the TechStreet platform. Please note, you must have the File Open plugin for Acrobat, to view the full-text files. - Medical device standards portal
Full text medical device standards from various organizations: ANSI (ISO and IEC), ASTM, AAMI , DIN, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, EU Directives - ASTM digital library
Download any of ASTM's 12,000+ standards, covering metals, petroleum, construction, the environment, and more. Follow the Standards and Engineering Digital Library link. - ETSI Standards (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)
Standards for information & communications technologies including fixed, mobile, radio, broadcast, internet and several other areas. - IEEE Xplore
Full text access to IEEE and IEE standards, including the National Election Safety Code (C2 standards). Also includes access to IEEE draft standards. - International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T)
ITU-T is the leading publisher of telecommunication technology, regulatory and standard information. Many of the over 3000 ITU-T Recommendations can be downloaded for free. These are also available in print via Socrates
Standards Organizations
- American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
- British Standards Institution (BSI)
- Deutsches Institut für Normung, the German Institute for Standardization (DIN e.V.)
- Eurocodes - standard documents are not free, but some publications are.
- IEEE Standards Association
- International Code Council (ICC)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Standards Engineering Society - Report on the strategic value of standards in education