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Standards

A Standard Guide to Standard Standards

Electronic Format

The most current edition of every ASTM standard is available on the ASTM Compass Platform.

Argonne Research Library's ASTM subscription also covers some standards from the American Petroleum Institute (API), radiation dosimetry standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

Print Format

Print copies of the Annual Book of ASTM Standards are available for the 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2012 editions in the library's reference section.

The call number range is TA401.A541 2001 to TA401.A541 2012.

The reference section is non-circulating, meaning you cannot check these items out, and you definitely cannot remove them from the library.

To use the reference collection, please visit the Argonne Research Library on the fifth floor of Building 240 and ask one of the friendly and helpful librarians for assistance.

Print copies of the Annual Book of ASTM Standards for the following years are available in the library's Abstracts Room:

1949 (Parts 1, 2, 3, & 5 only); 1952; 1953 Supplement; 1954 Supplement; 1955; 1956 Methods for the Chemical Analysis of Metals; 1958; 1959 Supplement; 1960 Supplement; 1961; 1962 Supplement; 1963 Supplement; 1964; 1965; 1967; 1969; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1977 (Parts 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, & 44 only); 1978 (Parts 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 30, & 34 only); 1979 (Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 31, & 36 only); 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, & 1999.

The call number range is TA401.A541 1949 to TA401.A541 1999.

Items in the Abstracts Room circulate, and can be checked out and removed from the library.

To use items in the Abstracts Room, please visit the Argonne Research Library on the seventh floor of Building 240 and ask one of the friendly and helpful librarians for assistance.