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Engineering & Science -- Introduction to Engineering & Science Standards and Patents

A guide to finding resources on patents and standards in UVic Libraries.

Standards at UVic Libraries

Publications of the Canadian General Standards Board 

The library receives these standards in paper format and they are shelved in the Reference area at call number QC100/C3C2.  An online index is available - Browse the CGSB catalog here.

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) 

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
The ASCE standards are developed by a consensus standards process managed by the ASCE Codes and Standards Committee (CSC)  and are updated or reaffirmed by the same process every five to ten years.

IEEE Xplore Digital Library

The IEEE/IEE Electronic Library, via the IEEE Xplore web site, contains the full text of all IEEE and IEE journals and conferences, as well as a complete set of IEEE Standards. Searching by keyword and author name or browsing by publication title is possible. Tables of content and abstracts, as well as full-page images of the articles, are included in this resource.

Engineering Village - Compendex

The ASTM standards are now available and indexed in the Engineering Village database - Compendex.

Canadian Standards Association (CSA)

These standards are purchased individually on request. A listing of CSA standards can be found by searching for Canadian Standards Association as an issuing body in the catalogue

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