Resource Guides: Find Standards: Introduction

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Australian Standards: SAI Global This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to all current and draft Australian Standards.

Australian Design Rules
Provides national standards for vehicle safety, anti-theft and emissions in Australia.
Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code
Outlines legal requirements for the labelling, composition, safety, handling, and primary production and processing of food in Australia.

National Construction Code This link opens in a new window
Incorporates all Australian on-site construction requirements into a single code.

International Standards (ISO) (via Engineering Workbench) This link opens in a new window
International Standards provides full-text access to current ISO standards from all disciplines.

ACI: American Concrete Institute Standards (via Engineering Workbench)
Select IHS Engineering Workbench then use the Advanced Search option found under UNSW Subscribed Standards to limit the search to ACI.
ANSI : American National Standards Institute
Search the library catalogue for the title of the standard
API: American Petroleum Institute Standards (via Engineering Workbench)
Select IHS Engineering Workbench then use the Advanced Search option found under UNSW Subscribed Standards to limit the search to API.
ASCE: American Society of Civil Engineers Standards (via Engineering Workbench)
Select IHS Engineering Workbench then use the Advanced Search option found under UNSW Subscribed Standards to limit the search to ASCE.
ASTM Standards (via Engineering Workbench)
Select IHS Engineering Workbench then use the Advanced Search option found under UNSW Subscribed Standards to limit the search to ASTM.

Engineering Workbench This link opens in a new window
Offers direct access to a repository of active and historical international standards, specifications, codes, regulations and related documents from government, military and commercial sources.
ESDU International This link opens in a new window
Provides validated engineering methods, data, principles, worked examples, programs and related equations on specific aerospace, process, structural and mechanical engineering topics.
IEEE Xplore This link opens in a new window
Provides full-text access to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' journals, magazines, conference proceedings, and all current IEEE standards.
International Electrotechnical Commission standards: IEC (via Engineering Workbench) This link opens in a new window
Select IHS Engineering Workbench then use the Advanced Search option found under UNSW Subscribed Standards to limit the search to IEC.

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