Engineering Library Reference Manual
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- Federal or Military Specifications ("Mil-Specs", "Fed-Specs, " Mil-Stds")
- Standards Document Delivery Suppliers
- Technical Reports
- Why are they important
- What do we have in our collection
- Accessibility
- Why are they so difficult to track down
Standards Print Information Sources1. Directory of Engineering Document Sources (Reference T10.7 .D57) 2. Standards: a resource and guide for identification, selection, and acquisition by Patricia L. Ricci and Linda Perry Eng. Stacks T59 .R35 1990 Worldwide listing of standards organizations, etc. by 13 handy groupings. Essentials for understanding standards worldwide. Includes descriptions and acronyms for major standardization bodies. Coverage of ASTM is particularly informative. 3. Information technology standardization: theory, process, and organizations Carl G. Cargill. Eng. Stacks QA76.9.S8 C37 1989 Includes an important discussion of international standardization. 4. Also of interest may be the 1989 Congressional Hearing entitled: International Standardization: the federal role: report / prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress for the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology; transmitted to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session. Kruger,Lennard G. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. GovPub Stacks U.S. Y 4.Sci 2:101/C Federal or Military Specifications ("Mil-Specs", "Fed-Specs, " Mil-Stds")Tacoma Public Library has had these standards as a part of their Federal Procurement Information Center but has cancelled their subscription to this series in 1997. They will retain the older standards in their collection, but their collection is no longer current. Tacoma Public Library (253) 591-5666 Federal Procurement Information Center 1102 Tacoma Avenue South Tacoma, WA
Besides using the ILI database, the Federal website with which to verify or search for military standards is the Department of Defense Single Stock Point for Military Specifications, Standards and Related Publications (DODSSP) http://dodssp.daps.dla.mil/ . The document database is called ASSIST, and registration (and approval) is required to use the complete system. But you can search without registration if you click on the ASISST Quick Search. It is at: http://assist.daps.dla.mil/quicksearch/ Also important to note that AIA’s national aerospace committee (NASC) has begun publishing military specifications (MIL-SPECs) related to aircraft fasteners as National Aerospace Standards. These newly designated standards have the designation “NASM” with the “M” designating their military origin. Also note that around 900 Naval Air Systems Command standards will eventually be designated NASM, as well. The Engineering Library has a complete set of the National Aerospace Standards (NAS) that includes these NASM standards. This series is NOT in the standards database, and has its own index found at: Engineering Standards TL671.1 .A35. Standards Document Delivery SuppliersGlobal Engineering Documents 15 Inverness Way East Englewood, CO 80112 Telephone: (303)-397-7956 or 800-854-7179 www.global.ihs.com U. S. Department of Defense Single Stock Point for Specifications and Standards Building 4, Section D 700 Robbins Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094 Telephone: (215 697-2667 Ext. 2179 http://dodssp.daps.dla.mil/oforms.htm ILI: www.ili-info.com/us/ We now subscribe to the ILI Standards InfoBase database. It is linked from our databases list. We can download any military standard we don’t have for free from this database. It is also a good place to check for standard bibliographic info. Founded in 1949, ILI is specialists in worldwide hardcopy standards and specifications and hold huge stocks for sale from distribution centers in Europe and the US. ILI also publishes a range of engineering, technical and regulatory databases. ILI is a leading supplier of all worldwide hardcopy technical Standards (DIN, ISO, BSI, ASTM, NFPA, API, IEC, ASME, etc.) Document Center Inc. 111 Industrial Road, Suite 9 Belmont, CA 94002 (650)-591-7617 (fax) (650)-591-7600 (voice) www.document-center.com NSSN: www.nssn.com A “national resource for global standards,” serves as a central point to search for standards information from many sources and serves as an important gateway connecting those who seek standards to those who supply them. TechStreet: www.cssinfo.com Provides access to a giant collection of industry standards covering hundreds of subjects. You can search, order, and download selected publications in a matter of minutes. One single search will find both industry standards and technical books! World Standards Service Network: www.wssn.net/WSSN/index.html World Standards Services Network (WSSN) is a network of publicly accessible World Wide Web servers of standards organizations around the world. Through the Web sites of its members, WSSN provides information on international, regional and national standardization and related activities and services.
What is a Technical Report?A document of a technical nature comprised of a very detailed report of procedures and outcomes from a particular experiment, study, project, etc. They are used to report research findings to sponsors or employers. In contrast to a scholarly journal article, a technical report is not usually peer-reviewed. The Federal government, state governments and universities are large publishers of technical reports. Why are they important?Information found in them is often not published in any other way (i.e. software - CS reports). These reports document research or experiments and their results. They also detail what was successful as well as failures or problems encountered during the process. What do we have in our collection?The Engineering Library collects three different types of technical reports: 1. UW Engineering departmental reports 2. Computer science department technical reports from various schools 3. Government Reports (energy, aeronautics, transportation, environment, and defense) We have all of these in several different formats: microfiche, paper, micro card, electronic.
As the reference staff member, it is your responsibility to know what all the options/locations/tricks are for finding technical reports. The whole process is too complicated for individual patrons to know. YOU are the access point. Why are they so difficult to track down?1. They are not cited well. Citations may be incomplete or inaccurate. Patrons may have to search a number of different databases to track down a good citation. 2. Most libraries do not catalog technical reports, other than with brief serial records. 3. They have many numbering systems: i.e. report number, grant number, contract number, and accession number. 4. They come to us in multiple formats. Download 0.59 Mb. Share with your friends:
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