Finding standards

Standards are useful sources for:

• current thought and practices in specific industries
• detailed technical guidelines
• performance or quality guidelines
• terminology

What is a standard?

A standard is an officially approved specification which covers requirements for the properties, dimensions, performance, qualities and testing of products and services. 

Standards can be:

• international (with worldwide coverage)
• regional (involving co-operation between two or more countries)
• national (covering a specific country or sector)

Getting hold of standards

We subscribe to British Standards Online which gives the full-text of current, historic, and draft British Standards and BSI adopted European and international standards.

You can find references to other international standards in the ISO Catalogue. You can also purchase online from this site.

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