Research Guides: Standards: Other Countries & International Standards

Other Foreign National Standards

Deutches Institut fur Normung (DIN) Standards
The publishing company Beuth Verlag in Berlin provides access to their catalog of DIN standards on the web. You can search by keyword or by DIN standard number. The pull-down menu will show you the price for the German standard as well as for the English translation, if one is available.
Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS)
The JIS Committee Home Page provides information on the development and marketing of JIS standards.
British Standards (BS)
The BSI web site provides access to the BSI Standards Catalogue.

For links to Internet sites with information on the standards and standardization activities of other foreign countries, visit the ISO Members Page.

International Standards

ISO - International Organization for Standardization
ISO Online provides access to an online catalog of ISO standards which can be searched by title word and by standard number. Ordering information is also provided. ISO standards can also be ordered through ANSI. A selection of ISO and IEC standards are publically available.
IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission
The IEC is the international standards and conformity assessment body for all fields of electrotechnology. TMU does not collect IEC standards. The IEC World Wide Web Page provides access to an online catalog of IEC standards and other documents.
ITU - International Telecommunications Union
The ITU is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services, including the coordination, development, regulation and standardization of telecommunications worldwide.TMU does not collect ITU standards. The ITU World Wide Web Site provides information on the standardization activities of the ITU.

The ISO also provides information on other International Standards Organizations. Information on ISO 9000 standards can be found in the box below.

ISO 9000 Quality Standards

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9000 series has been adopted by countries worldwide, including the US and Canada, as the national standard for quality assurance and quality control. Please note that in the US the ISO 9000 series has been issued by the American Society for Quality Control as ASQC Q90 - Q94. The TMU Library has some books on implementing ISO 9000. To locate these books, do a keyword search in the TMU Library Catalogue using the term "iso". Additional information on the ISO 9000 Quality Series can be obtained on the World Wide Web from the ISO 9000 News Service.