Fashion, Textiles and Clothing

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:

• better understand the required specifications for products
• ensure products, systems, services behave reliably and safely
• learn how something works (treat standards as “how-to” instructions)
• meet safety criteria required by law

Where to Find Standards

PolyU eligible users can access the full text of standards subscribed by the Library. Here are some useful standard sites for SFT: 

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.

*Only those that have been adopted as British Standards