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standards
Finding Standards Confused about ASTM, UL, IEEE,
ISO, 802.11, NFPA 13?

• Christine Drew
• Manager, Instruction OutreachGordon Library
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Connect to web guidewww.wpi.edu/library Help
Instruction ? Guides Tutorials ? Finding
Standards
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Everyday Standards
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Why

• Assure health and safety
• Increase product quality, safety and reliability
• Ensure consistency and uniformity
• Facilitate global trade, exchange, and technology
  transfer
• Harmonize industry technology
• Facilitate global communication

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History
Source ANSI American Standards Association,
"Through History with Standards" Ed. By Rowen
Glie Speaking of Standards, Cahner Books, Boston,
MA, 1972
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Standards, Regulations, Codes?
A standard was defined by the National Standards
Policy Advisory Committee as A prescribed set
of rules, conditions, or requirements concerning
definitions of terms classification of
components specification of materials,
performance, or operations delineation of
procedures or measurement of quantity and
quality in describing materials, products,
systems, services, or practices 1
American Heritage Dictionary Definition of code
American Heritage Dictionary Definition of
regulation
1. National Policy on Standards for the United
States and a Recommended Implementation Plan,
National Standards Policy Advisory Committee,
Washington, D.C.,December, 1978. p. 6.
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Who Creates Them?

• Standards developing organizations, government,
  industries, trade associations, consumers such
  as
• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE)
• Department of Defense (DOD)
• ANSI American National Standards Institute
• U.S. standards clearinghouse member of ISO
  International Organization for Standardization

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the simple crayon

• For your design project, you choose to redesign
  the crayon, what standards apply to arts
  materials for children?

Determine who has a vested interest

• Consumers, parents, doctors organizations such
  as Safe Kids worldwide or American Academy of
  Pediatrics
• Toy Industry Association trade groups
  represent manufacturers
• Government - US Consumer Product Safety
  Commission
• Look at product packaging Conforms to ASTM
  D-4236

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Glean Clues from Web Database Searches

• Global Toy Safety Standard (ISO 8124-1)
• ASTM F963, Standard Consumer Safety
  Specification on Toy Safety
• Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA). 15
  U.S.C. 1261 et seq.
• Conforms to ASTM D-4236

Find leads follow up
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How About Fido?
Are there pet food standards or regulations? How
about other pet products? Take two minutes on
your own to find a few leads and share what you
find.

• Web search to find a few leads
• Myriadsearch
• Gahooyoogle
• Hint
• Scan for organizations, government agencies,
  trade associations

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search obtain them

• Have a specific number? Title of a specific
  standard?
• Search NSSN or Global Engineering Documents to
  find the number, title date
• Web search the title for more information, you
  may even find the text online
• in the library, search Library Catalog,
• request via Interlibrary Loan or,
• you may have to purchase the standards

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search obtain

• Need to find the standards of a specific
  organization?
• Most standard making bodies have a search feature
  for their standards on their web site, but often
  they are pay per view
• Follow above mentioned steps 1-4
• Web search
• Library Catalog,
• Interlibrary Loan or,
• purchase

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search obtain

• Need standards for a specific project you are
  working on?
• Web search on ("craft supplies" OR crayons)
  (standards OR standard OR federal regulations OR
  ISO OR ASTM OR CFR)
• Search NSSN or Global Engineering Documents
• Track down trade associations a web search on
  (Council OR Society OR Association) and your
  industry keyword may come up with some
• Craft Hobby Association
• Toy Industry Association
• Follow above steps 1-4 to try obtain the full
  text

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Standards _at_WPI

• Search the Library Catalog
• We own or subscribe to
• ASTM
• National Fire Protection Association
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  (IEEE)
• Building Officials and Code Administrators
  International (BOCA),
• and others, refer to our Finding Standards guide
  as well as Library Catalog

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Choose Your Own Adventure5 minute challenge
search share
You are designing a new type of bicycle helmet,
what standards or regulations apply?
You are designing a new type electronic
toothbrush, what standards or regulations apply?
You are planning to start an advertising agency
that specializing on internet advertising, any
standards that apply?
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Questions?
Christine Drew, Manager, Instruction
Outreach Gordon Library WPI www.wpi.edu/library
cdrew_at_wpi.edu chat wpiref 508-831-6700