Standards

This policy is for standards ordered from the Libraries.

• The requestor is affiliated with TAMU College Station, Galveston, or Qatar. 
• The standard is required for instruction or research (unfunded research). 
• In the case where the standard is required for a course, the print version of the standard will be ordered and placed in Course Reserves.
• The standard will be added to the library collection. Then the requestor will check out the standard. All standards will be subject to recalls.
• In the case where the standard(s) is needed for research, the TAMU/TAMUG/TAMUQ professor, researcher, or graduate student must request the standard.  External co-researchers' requests will not be filled.

Additional Information: 

• Only one copy of a standard will be ordered per person, class, or lab. 
• Professors and researchers are expected to use their grant money to pay for their standards before they request standards from the TAMU Libraries. 
• Undergraduate requests will be handled on a case-by-case basis.  Requests to support senior projects will generally be approved. 
• Whenever possible, print versions of standards will be ordered vs. electronic. 
• In general, orders for draft, canceled, superseded, and non-English standards will not be filled. The requestor will be contacted to verify the order.

UPDATE: Techstreet and Accuris have merged. The process for ordering standards has changed slightly. You will no longer be able to order your standards via Techstreet.

Any requests for standards now need to be ordered via the Library 'suggest a purchase' service.

Fill out the required fields in the form. The last field is the specify a format dropdown, select 'standards'

Next, add the information about the standard. The more details you can add the better, but as a minimum you need the standard's name and number.