Standards are documented specifications, criteria, rules, guidelines or definitions for products, goods and services. Standards are regarded as agreements. Proper function and safety of products and services is the purpose of standards use.
Keeping of standards specifications is voluntary. If they are incorporated in legislation or regulation documents or harmonized with such documents, standards become obligatory. They are indicated as harmonized standards then.
Standards databases available on web usually are not provided in full text (except subscribed databases).
IHS
| Direct access | (registration required, use CTU e-mail address) |
Works only after logging in from the CTU network (direct access). Registration is required. Login is required every time you enter the database.
CTU has pre-paid subscriptions to the Aerospace and Automotive standards packages within the Accuris database. Each package contains
10 selected standards based on demand from the faculties. You can track their overview here. If you are interested in adding to the package, do not hesitate to contact us.
IEEE Standards
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The most extensive source of its kind which provides access to more than a third of all professional literature of the following..
Disciplines: applied science, engineering, electrical engineering and informatics, transport, biomedicine, optics, nuclear physics, …
Subject matter: journals, e-books, proceedings, training courses, standards
Quality and expertise is guaranteed by two institutes: the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
ASTM
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(American Society for Testing and Materials) - is a vast collection of industry-leading standards and technical engineering informations.
Platform provides constant access to the latest standards across dozens of industries including aerospace, chemical, civil, environmental, geological, health and safety, mechanical, nuclear, petroleum, soil science and solar engineering disciplines.
Platform offer:
Standards - 12,500+ active standards
45,200+ historical and withdrawn standards
9,700+ redlines – shows the comparison between versions of standards
Ebooks - 1,550+ books (1931 – today)
Manuals, Monographs and Data Series (1965 – today)
Journals - all 9 ASTM journals – all articles peer-reviewed
Videos (methodologies, testing, procedures)
Full informations about content of database: leaflet
Manual: Videotutorials
International standard organizations
European standard institutions
National standard institutions
Legal Information - ASPI
CTU subscribes to an access of ASPI database, which is a complex system for work with legislative documents of all kinds. We are sorry to say, that ASPI is available just in the Czech language. For more information see czech version.