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Standards

A guide to identifying, finding and accessing standards for design, manufacturing and testing.

Standards

Standards: A standard is "a formula that describes the best way of doing something. It could be about making a product, managing a process, delivering a service or supplying materials – standards cover a huge range of activities." (ISO)

How to research standards

If you are doing a general search for standards that might apply to your project:

(a) Consult with experts and stakeholders who may be aware of relevant standards, e.g. faculty supervisor, research colleagues, or clients.

(b) Biomedical standards: search the FDA Consensus Standards by (1) keyword and (2) "Specialty Task Group Area".

(d) Prompt an AI tool for suggestions (but! keep in mind AI tools will return only a subset of possible matches and may return hallucinated information).

 

Once you have identified a standard that may be relevant, gather more information about the standard and how it is used:

(a) Look up the standard on the website of the standards development organization (e.g., ISO, IEEE, etc.). The SDO website should show an abstract and scope note.

(b) Search for academic or professional publications that describe the standard. Academic databases include Compendex, PubMed and Google Scholar.

 

If you determine that a standard is relevant and you need a copy of the full text:

(a) Check the standards listing under Available now.

(b) If the standard you need is not listed there, skip to the Request a copy of a standard box to place an order.

Search: individual organizations

Identify relevant standards agencies for your projects and check the standards information on their websites. For example:

Search: multiple organizations

Available now

The standards and standards collections listed below are freely available from the UVM Libraries or from the SDO.

Request a copy of a standard

Additional resources

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