is a technical standard published by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) and serves as a structure for catalogues. Many platforms allow browsing/searching standards by ICS codes. Learn more about ICS.
refers to highlighted changes between versions of a standard.
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Why Standards Matter
Standards are published documents that establish specifications and procedures designed to ensure the reliability of the materials, products, methods, and/or services people use every day.
Standards can help us:
PolyU eligible users can access the full text of standards from the following subscribed databases. Watch our previous workshop training (Handout) which demonstrated how to find standards from ACCURIS Engineering Workbench and British Standards Online.
More details about coverage of standards on each platform, no. of concurrent users, and specific requirements for opening the downloaded files. Navigate to individual pages to learn how to find standards in each database.
Database | Standards Coverage (in PolyU's Subscription) |
No. of Concurrent Users |
Protected PDF files (FileOpen plug-in required) |
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ASTM Compass |
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Unlimited | |
British Standards Online (BSOL) |
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Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited |
✓ ✓ ✓ |
IEEE Xplore Digital Library |
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Unlimited | |
ACCURIS Engineering Workbench (formerly IHS) |
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Unlimited |
*Only those that have been adopted as British Standards