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Finding Standards

Standards

Standards are available for almost every topic you can think of. They may guide the process, testing, and definition of the topic you are researching. Finding the right standards can often be difficult. Several organizations that publish standards are listed below, but there are hundreds of others.

If we do not have access to the standard you are looking for (for example, an ISO standard), you can use our interlibrary loan service to request that we borrow it from another library.

Standards Online

  • ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library The ASTM Standards and Engineering Digital Library is a standards and technical engineering collection from ASTM International. Subscription includes active, redline, historical, and withdrawn standards.
  • IEEE Xplore (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) The IEEE Xplore® digital library provides access to IEEE journals, transactions, magazines, conference proceedings, standards, and dictionary, as well as Bell Labs Technical Journal and VDE VERLAG Conferences.
  • ASABE Technical Library (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers) Full text access to agricultural engineering technical papers and periodicals from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).
  • ASCE Library The ASCE Library contains papers from ASCE journals and conference proceedings as well as e-books and standards.
  • NFPA National Electric Code
  • Standards Incorporated by Reference (IBR) The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Incorporated by Reference (IBR) Portal provides a one-stop mechanism for access to standards that have been incorporated by reference in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). These standards incorporated by the U.S. government in rulemakings are offered at no cost in “read only” format and are presented for online reading. There are no print or download options.

Standards in Print

Building Codes

  • North Dakota adopted codes Listing of currently-adopted codes as well as links to state-specific codes.
  • 2015 International Building Code Online access to the 2015 IBC. Other codes are available through this website.
  • 2015 International Residential Code The International Residential Code applies to one and two family dwellings with other structures covered by the International Building Code.
  • 2010 ADA standards for accessible design The 2010 Standards set minimum requirements – both scoping and technical – for newly designed and constructed or altered State and local government facilities, public accommodations, and commercial facilities to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities.