Subject Guides: Engineering: Accessing Standards

Australian standards

Australian Standards can be viewed and downloaded from a platform called TechStreet Enterprise.

Click on either the For Students or For Staff links below and login using your WesternAccount.

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With Techstreet Enterprise, you can:
• Read online by using the View Online button. However, you cannot copy or print from the online reader.
• Download and read any standard in your subscription.
• Create lists of related standards for easy access and updates.
In order to open a standard you have downloaded in Secure PDF format, you will need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader with the FileOpen plug-in. FileOpen is compatible with the following versions of Acrobat:
• Windows: Adobe Reader/Adobe Acrobat 9.0 or later
• Mac: Adobe Reader/Adobe Acrobat 9.0 or later
• Linux: Adobe Reader/Adobe Acrobat 7.0 or 8.0 only
Techstreet Enterprise User guide.
[Please note: The maximum number of individuals who can simultaneously access Techstreet tabs or windows is 3. Kindly ensure to logout or close your Techstreet tab or window upon completion].

Only 3 users can be logged in to TechStreet Enterprise at any one time, so it is important to log out once you are finished so that others can gain access.

Search for a standard

Search by entering the document number, title or keyword.

AS 1337
Personal protective equipment, Part 0: Eye and face protection
eye protection

techstreet database home page with 'personal protective equipment' typed into the main search box

As you type, the search engine will suggest document numbers and titles. If your search terms don’t match a document number or title, the search engine will scan the title and description to find relevant standards. Refer to Techstreet Search Tips for further details.

Get familiar by viewing the following tours:

View or download a standard

You can use the View Online option to view standards within your web browser, without the need to download additional software.

Click on the View or Download buttons on a standard record

1. Install software

If you would like to have a downloaded (pdf) copy of a standard, you will need to download the following software:

FileOpen. FileOpen is a free plugin that ensures Digital Rights Management (DRM) requirements are met.

Adobe Acrobat Reader. Update or install for free. Alternative PDF readers are available from the FileOpen website.

2. Save the file locally

Downloaded standards cannot be opened within a browser. You will see a "Fail to load PDF document" error message.

Error Failed to load PDF document Reload

Instead, save the pdf file to a local drive such as your downloads or documents folder, locate it in that folder and then open it with Adobe Reader.

Downloaded standards are locked to the computer on which they are first opened. This means that you cannot save it to a USB to open on another computer or save it to your WSU desktop or My Documents folder and open it on another computer. If you see a "Document Access Denied" message you will need to redownload the standard on the computer you are currently using.

FileOpen Document Access Denied. You have already registered your quota of devices

Standards Australia’s Reader Room is a public pilot platform for all Australian Residents to use. It provides free (limited) access to Australian Standards.

International standards

Searching for international standards can be tricky but there are some strategies you can use to see if the full text is available.

Note:

Check that you are looking for the most up to date version unless you are specifically looking to use a superseded standard.
Many standards have equivalents – i.e., exactly the same standard published by different international standards agencies in different languages. You can click on the standard name in TechStreet Enterprise to get further details.

Not all standards are available in English.

Equivalent Australian standards (TechStreet Enterprise)

International standards which have been adopted by Standards Australia may be available via the Australian Standards (TechStreet Enterprise) database, e.g., ISO and IEC. To check if a standard has been adopted by Australia, search for the standard number (exclude the publisher acronym e.g., ISO) and look for the phrase "identically adopts" in the About This Document section of a standard record.

About This Document AS ISO 17945:2022 identically adopts ISO 17945:2015, establishing material requirements for metallic materials resistant to sulfide stress cracking (SSC) in sour petroleum refining and related processing environments containing H2S either as a gas or dissolved in an aqueous (liquid water) phase with or without the presence of hydrocarbon.

IEEE standards

Standards published by IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) can be viewed and downloaded from IEEE Xplore: Digital Library. The database can be accessed from the Database by Title list under I.
Select the Browse drop-down menu and click on Standards.

Library search box

A number of international standards have been purchased by the Library and are available in the collection in hard copy, or when possible, through our online subscriptions. Search in the Library search box using the standard name, not number, and under 'Content Type' refine to Books and Standards.
Here is an example of what an international standard might look like in the Library search box.
recycled aggregates for concrete will yeild results for 2 international standards. One from the Korean Standards Association and another from DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung.

recycled aggregates for concrete will yeild results for 2 international standards. One from the Korean Standards Association and another from DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung.

Google

Some standards are freely available online. Two examples include:
Eurocodes. Use both the standard number and name when searching. E.g., EN 1999-1-5:2007 Eurocode 9: Design of aluminium structures - Part 1-5: Shell structures
ISO/IEC Information Technology standards. Standards produced by the ISO and IEC Joint Technical Committee for information technology are made publicly available on the ISO website.

If the standard you wish to view is not available after trying the above methods, please contact the Library for assistance.