Standards collection

Australian Standards

AS: Australian Standards Online (SAI Global)

  • Contains the full text of all current Australian Standards and draft Australian standards to which Standards Australia holds the copyright.
  • Contains many (but not all) of the AS Handbooks. (AS Handbooks are kept in the general collections of many of the Library sites. Check the catalogue for holdings.)
  • Also indexes all current ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) standards.
  • It does not include the full text of Australian Gas Standards. These are held in print at the Carlton Library.
  • The Standards Australia website allows online shopping of both Australian Standards, and standards from other countries.
  • Online Tutorial – A set of animations developed by SAI Global demonstrate how to use the SAI Global database. (Requires Flash).

Australian Standards Online (RMIT staff and students only)

Food Standards Code

Contains the full text of the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code.

Food Standards Code

American Standards

ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials

A complete set has been purchased every two years. We own the odd years. The ASTM standards are shelved in the Reference collections as follows:

  • Swanston Library REF 620.112 A512 (latest)
  • Bundoora East R 620.112 A512 (previous to that)

ASTM online index

IEEE Xplore

The IEEE Xplore from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is available in the Library's e-resources collection. Contains full text of most IEEE standards.

IEEE Xplore (RMIT staff and students only)

SAE Handbook: Society of Automotive Engineers

The SAE Handbook is published annually and contains the current Standards, Recommended Practices and Information Reports about surface vehicles.

Also held at the Bundoora East Library at 629.206 S678 from 1997 onwards. More information about the SAE Handbook is available.

SAE Handbook (RMIT staff and students only)

NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards

Provides a central point for standards information from many sources. Search by document number, title, and abstract, developing organisation or committee.

NSSN: A National Resource for Global Standards

British Standards

Some hard copy British Standards may be held by our Library, check the catalogue for holdings.

Search for British Standards on the Library catalogue

Online index of the British Standards

EN (European Norme): European Standards

About 16,000 European Standards are now indexed on Australian Standards Online. They have been adopted by NSAI: the National Standards Authority of Ireland, and they are the equivalent national standards for all members of the European Union.

Note that many ENs are adoptions of existing ISO/IEC Standards.

Full text of European Standards is available if there is a full text equivalent of the Australian Standard. To see the full text, follow the link to the equivalent Australian Standard.

Australian Standards Online (RMIT staff and students only)

International Organisations

ISO: International Organization for Standardisation

A few ISO Standards are held by our Library, check the catalogue. Where Australian Standards are the same as ISO Standards, the full text is also available on the Australian Standards Online. Look for links to member organisations on ISO website.

Search for ISO on the Library catalogue

Australian Standards Online (RMIT staff and students only)

The ISO Standards index