Standards collection

Australian Standards

AS: Australian Standards Online (SAI Global)

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  • 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.

Food Standards Code

Contains the full text of the Australia New Zealand 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)
  • You can also search the 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.

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.

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.

British Standards

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

Note that they are not available full text, unless there is an equivalent Australian Standard that is full text. If this is so, link to the equivalent Australian Standard to see the full text.

International Organisations

ISO: International Organization for Standardisation

A few ISO Standards are held by our Library, check the catalogue. Note, however, that where Australian Standards are the same as ISO Standards, the full text is available on the Australian Standards Online database. The ISO website also gives links to member organisations' home pages.

Search the ISO Standards index.