ECE 596 & 696 - Graduate Seminar: Library Tools and Applications
This page is an introduction to information resources discussed during the Library workshop for ECE 596 & 696
Step 5: Standards and Specifications
Many people use standards and specifications interchangeably, however they do have precise meanings and it is important to understand the differences. Essentially standards are authoritative having been produced by a national or international organization with the legal power to define standards. Specifications on the other hand have no legal status and may be defined by anyone.
Some specifications go on to become standards, but that may take many years. For instance, the standard for HTML is 2.0, while the world is using HTML 4.01 with all the additional features that it offers.
Global Engineering (Standards)
Provides bibliographic data for military and commercial standards.The UA Library subscribes to full-text access to standards from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
Standards & Specifications Written By Scholarly Societies
Put together by the University of Waterloo Electronic Library Scholarly Societies Project
Annual Book of ASTM Standards - TA 401 A653 Sci Ref & Sci
One of the largest voluntary standards development systems in the world; standards for materials, products, systems, and services.
Index and Directory of Industry Standards - T59.2.U6I5 Science
Industry Standards and Engineering Data - T59.2.U6I52 3 vols. Science Ref