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Brief Description
British Standards Online is the definitive site for all publications from British Standards Institution. The site contains bibliographic information on more than 39,500 documents covering:
- Current, historic, and draft British Standards
- More than 16,000 BSI adopted European and international standards
- Technical handbooks
- Codes of practice
- Guidelines
- Specifications for products, dimensions, and performance
- Glossaries
Standards are the agreed way to do something. It could be about making a product, managing a process, delivering a service or supplying materials – standards can cover a huge range of activities undertaken by organizations and researchers.
Oxford users have access to the full text of all British Standards except for wiring regulations. We do not have access to publications on the platform that are not British Standards.
Who is this useful for?
Standards are nexcessary both for theoretical research and creating practical processes and tools. There are standards on many subjects including Health Care Technology, Energy and heat transfer engineering, Image technology, and Chemical technology. They are relevant for many scientific fields including Computer Science, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics and Materials Science and should be consulted by anyone creating products or tools for practical use.
How can I access it?
You will need to have the FileOpen plug-in installed in order to access BSI documents within BSOL. To download the plug-in, please click here. In some cases, you may need to contact your IT department to install the plugin. Further information is on the British Standards website at: https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/topics/supporting-our-clients-and-content-partners/
Training materials on how to use British Standards Onlince are available on the BSI website.