Standards in State Library Victoria

Guide to Australian manufacturing standards, accounting standards, food code, building code and design rules

American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Standards

What are they?

ASTM International is one of the largest voluntary standards development organisations in the world and is a source of technical standards for materials, products, systems, and services in industries such as manufacturing, healthcare and construction.

Accessing current issues 

Current  ASTM Standards available from SAI Global through their website. 

Accessing older print-based issues

The State Library collection covers the period 1914–1988 only, and holdings are incomplete. From 1990 onwards until 2001 only the Index was received.

Follow the 'Related titles' in the catalogue record for Year-book: containing the standard specifications to browse our range of holdings. These need to be requested for storage.

American Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standards

What are they?

SAE is a professional organisation for mobility engineering professionals in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries. The Society is a standards development organization for the engineering of powered vehicles of all kinds, including cars, trucks, boats, aircraft, and others.

 Accessing current issues 

  • current SAE Standards available to be purchased from SAI Global

 Accessing older print-based issues

The Library has incomplete holdings of the S.A.E. handbook (SAE standards) from 1939 until the final edition in 2005. These need to be requested from storage.