Computer Science: Find Standards

Find a standard for a topic:

1: The first step is to figure out what standard you need, getting a title and a standard number to check our catalog and subscriptions with. Strategies for figuring out what standard you need include searching the internet for standards on your topic, and/or review our list of Standards Issuing Organizations for organization(s) that publish standards relevant to your topic, then searching the website of that issuing organization. If you'd like assistance figuring out what standard is relevant to your topic please send us an email.

Note, if you only have a standard number, go to the website of that issuing organization to find the standard title.

Accessing the standard when you have a standard number and title:

2: Once you have the standard number and title, search for the standard in one or two places. CU Boulder Libraries subscribe to standards on the following four database platforms. If the standard you are looking for is an ISO, ASTM, AIAA, ASCE, or IEEE standard search the title or number in the relevant database. If your standard is not in published by one of those organizations, please search for it by title in the Library Catalog:

3. If you cannot find the standard you need, visit:

or

• request assistance from a librarian by sending us an email.