This subject guide presents resources in various formats for students and faculty in the Electrical Engineering Technician and Electrical Techniques programs.
Standards are documents that provide "technical specifications or other criteria that a product, process or service must meet. Standards provide information to consumers, manufacturers and retailers, and enhance safety, reliability and performance of the products, processes and services consumers use" (SCC).
Standards that are incorporated into law or government regulations are often referred to as Codes.
Organizations that develop standards are called standards development organization (SDOs). These organizations can be companies government agencies, or committees. For more information, see Standards Council of Canada's guide on Standards Systems.
ASTM CompassThis link opens in a new windowASTM
Includes the 80+ volume Annual Book of ASTM Standards, as well as the ASTM journals.
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CSA OnDemandThis link opens in a new windowCanadian Standards Association Group
Provides access to the standards collection from the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Group, in English and French, for current and historical standards.
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IEEE Xplore Digital LibraryThis link opens in a new windowAll IEEE journals, transactions, and magazines, as well as the proceedings from 125 IEEE conferences, over 1000 ebooks from MIT and Wiley-IEEE Press, as well as all active IEEE standards.
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Understanding Standards
Educational resources to better understand standards and how to use them: