Standards are specifications or requirements, practices, guides, test methods, etc., covering various materials, products, systems or services.
For our use, standards are uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processes and practices.
Annual book of ASTM standards TA 401 .A653 2008
ASTM Standards in Building Codes TA 404.5 A45 2001 v.1-4
Illustrated guide to the National Electrical Code TK 260 M52 1999
IEEE Standards are searchable in the IEEE XPlore database
American National Standards Institute http://www.ansi.org
American Society for Testing and Materials http://www.astm.org
International Organization for Standards http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.openerpage
National Information Standards Organization http://www.niso.org/
National Resource for Global Standards http://www.nssn.org
