Standards and Safety Information
Safety information will be in standards and federal codes and regulations.
- ASTM StandardsAccess thousands of standards through the American Society for Testing of Materials (ASTM) Compass.
- IEEE xploreContains IEEE standards as well as IEEE journal and conference papers. We lack the draft standards (costs extra).
- Code of Federal RegulationsTitle 40 contains the EPA regulations, and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.
- Safety Data SheetsSafety Data Sheets (formerly MSDS) for chemicals and materials can be found in several free collections, see this site for links and FAQ.
- SciFinderChemical Abstracts and Chemical Registry files indexing chemical information from over 100 years of journals, books, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, dissertations and reference works. Search by chemical structure, name or keyword. First time users need to register at http://resolver.library.cornell.edu/misc/6197957.
- ANSI StandardsIndex to standards worldwide, with information on ordering. This is not a full-text database. The library has some standards and we order specific ones on demand. Email any questions regarding standards to engranswers@cornell.edu.