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National standards

1. A Dictionary of Units
2. American National Standards Institute
3. BSI: British Standards Institution
4. National Information Standards Organization
5. NPL: National Physical Laboratory
6. NSSN: National Resource for Global Standards
7. Termino Trads: Conversions

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A Dictionary of Units

Summary of units of measurement used worldwide, including ISO and IOC country codes. There is also a discussion of the relationship between metrication in the UK and USA. An index of tables and scales includes cotton bale weights, fujita scales (for measuring U.S. tornados), paper sheet sizes, shot pellet sizes and much more.
     Author: Rowlett, Russ.
     Subjects: international standards, national standards, physics education
     DeweyClass: 530.81
     Resource type: dictionary

American National Standards Institute

Aims to enhance the global competitiveness of US business by promoting and facilitating voluntary consensus standards and conformity assessment systems. Offers access to standards catalogues and other databases.
     Author: American National Standards Institute
     Subjects: national standards
     DeweyClass: 389.6
     Resource type: documents

BSI: British Standards Institution

BSI was the first national standards body in the world and ensures the views of British industry are represented to European and international standards organisations. Access to the BSI Standards electronic catalogue is available along with information about how standards are developed.
     Author: British Standards Institution
     Subjects: national standards
     DeweyClass: 389.62
     Resource type: institution

National Information Standards Organization

The US National Information Standards Organization, the leading developer of technical standards for publishers, information services, and libraries. The web site gives information on NISO, contacts for its officers, new standards in development, and the NISO Press Catalog which lists over one hundred standards and other publications.
     Author: US National Information Standards Organisation
     Subjects: national standards
     DeweyClass: 389.6
     Resource type: documents

NPL: National Physical Laboratory

Information about the UK's national standards laboratory, which holds and maintains the UK reference standards for the basic units of mass, length, time, temperature, luminous intensity, and electrical current, as well as many of the derived units.
     Author: NPL, HMSO
     Subjects: national standards, physical data
     DeweyClass: 389.62
     Resource type: institution

NSSN: National Resource for Global Standards

Free online access to bibliographic information for more than 225,000 approved international and national standards, allowing users to search for title words or document numbers to find out if the standard exists, and if so, where to find it.
     Author: ANSI: American National Standards Institute
     Subjects: international standards, national standards
     DeweyClass: 389.6
     Resource type: bibliography

Termino Trads: Conversions

Set of links to resourcess converting and caclulating weights and measures, the date and time in various parts of the world and exchange rates.
     Author: McKeon, Roger
     Subjects: international standards, national standards, units of measurement
     DeweyClass: 530.81
     Resource type: index