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We have access to many standards online or in our print collection. Any standards not part of our collections can be requested through interlibrary loan.
Standards not available from the sources below will be ordered and paid for by the library. The following guidelines apply:
ASME standards are available as a request through interlibrary loan. Virginia Tech has selected holdings of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code in hardcopy at TJ290 A52 on Reserve.
Earlier versions not available in ASTM Compass can be found in print in the Annual book of ASTM standards.
An IEEE standard is a document authored under the IEEE-standards Association standards Development Process from Project Authorization Request through to IEEE-standards Association Standards Board Approval. However, there are other standards distributed via IEEE Xplore, namely C63, C136, etc. standards, that are Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) standards, and which do not follow the definition outlined above. An ASC standard is a document authored by a standards developing organization other than the IEEE, for which the IEEE holds secretariat responsibility.
Military specifications (and other standards) can be searched through the IHS Standards Store. This IHS database indexes standards from many organizations worldwide. We no longer have a subscription to this database, so you won't be able to download full-text standards unless you pay for them yourself. Instead, you can use this database to verify standards information to request via interlibrary loan.
In general, full-text standards are not available free on the Web. The following links provide information on standards, as well as searchable indexes.
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