You can find these standards in Fondren Library:

API Standards            
(American Petroleum Institute)
REF TP 692 .A5Bull.
Not cataloged individually – look in binders (some may be missing)

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
TJ290 .A7

ASTM Standards
(American Standards for Testing and Materials)
Note:  If you don’t know the number of the standard you need, you can search the ASTM web site

• Current standards: Annual Book of ASTM Standards.  Reference TA401 .A64 2004 (multiple volumes)
  
• Historical standards, 1979-1999:  Microfiche in Government Publications & Microforms Dept.  TA401 .A64
  
  • Access to microfiche: individual standards are cataloged in LIBRIS; microfiche index in Government Publications:  TA 401.A64Index

IEEE Standards
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

• Standards are available online at IEEE Xplore.  Access is limited to Rice staff, faculty, students and users of the public computers in the reference area.

• Selected print standards are available – search LIBRIS by keyword.

National Fire Codes
REF TH 9115 .N3

Uniform Building Code (International Building Code)
TH 223 .I55

Fondren does not subscribe to the following: 

(except for scattered holdings:  do a keyword search in WebCat for the specific item requested.  Example:  pressure vessel and code$)

 
ASME Standards
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(except Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code listed above)

ANSI Standards
(American National Standards Institute)

ISO Standards
(International Standards Organization)

NIST Standards
(National Institute of Standards and Technology - formerly National Bureau of Standards)

 
Try these locations for standards not held by Fondren:

• Houston Public Library (Central)  713-236-1313
• University of Houston (ANSI Standards only)  713-743-1050 x4
• Global Engineering Documents (fee-based provider of standards)  http://global.ihs.com or 800-854-7179x5339
• Brown and Root (their library may help engineers on a case-by-case basis).  713-676-3011