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What is a Standard?

UM Resources

• Indexes and Directories
• Organization Specific Resources
• Periodicals

Locating Standards Online

University of Maryland Resources

EPSL has an incomplete collection of ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standards and a complete collection of ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) standards.

• ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA368.A4
• ASTM (American Society for Testing Materials)
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA401.A653

While individual standards are not cataloged in the library's online catalog, the titles and abstracts of most standards can be easily found by searching the website of the standard developing organization (i.e. ASTM, ASCE, SAE) or a standards supplier (such as Tech Street). The library also has a variety of print resources (listed below) that can help you locate standards.

Indexes and Directories

• Directory of international and regional organizations conducting standards-related activities
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA368 .D57 1989
• Index and directory of industry standards
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: T59.2.U6 I5 1996
• Standards activities of organizations in the United States
  LOCATION: McKeldin Library Government Documents Microfiche
  CALL NUMBER: C 13.10:806/996
• Standards and specifications information sources; a guide to literature and to public and private agencies concerned with technological uniformities
  LOCATION: McKeldin Library Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: Z7914. A22 S87
• Standards: A resource guide for identification, selection and acquisition
  LOCATION: McKeldin Library Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: T59 .R35 1990

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Organization Specific Resources

• ACI (American Concrete Institute) manual of concrete practice
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA439.A358
• Annual book of ASTM (American Society for Testing & Materials)standards
  LOCATION: EPSL Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: TA401 .A653
• ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers) standards
  LOCATION: EPSL Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: S671 .A322
• National Institute of Standards and Technology standard reference materials catalog
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: TA404.5 .U561
• NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Handbook
  LOCATION: McKeldin Library Government Documents SU Docs
  CALL NUMBER: C 13.11:
  LOCATION: EPSL Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: QC100 .U566
• SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) handbook
  LOCATION: EPSL Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: TL151 .S62
• Standard for use of the International System of Units (SI)
  LOCATION: EPSL Reference
  CALL NUMBER: QC91 .S82 1997
• U.S. department of defense: index of specifications and standards
  LOCATION: McKeldin Library Government Documents SU Docs
  CALL NUMBER: D 1.76:

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Periodicals

• Information standards quarterly : a publication of the National Information Standards Organization.
  LOCATION: McKeldin Library Periodical Stacks; EPSL Current Periodicals
  CALL NUMBER: Z678.85 .I54
• Journal of research of the National Institute for Standards and Technology
  LOCATION: McKeldin Library Government Documents SU Docs; Also available online
  CALL NUMBER: C 13.22:
• Standardization News
  LOCATION: EPSL Periodical Stacks
  CALL NUMBER: A368. A517

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