Standards
Standards
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Has anyone ever heard of IHS. They are a online company that sell books/technical material(paper and online)on standards. You may also apply for a subscription to browse their document collections. The website is: http://www.ihs.com/index.html. Has anyone used their services before? Waste of money?? Yes/No?





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If you need access to a large number of standards in your work, than this sort of service is worthwhile. If you need only a few, then you are probably better off simply purchasing directly from the issuing body.
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I don't recall any problems.
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I guess one or the other every couple of weeks, and the SAE library every couple of days.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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In our case, we routinely run across referenced standards in procurement documents that we don't already have in hand, in which case, the subscription works well. This also works well for the large number of engineers we have that are scattered in different locations; we don't need to maintain a central repository of hard or soft copies.
TTFN
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Overall I've found the service to be hassle-free and fast but I'm sure it's expensive.
Tunalover
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I have also purchased a couple of specs in hard copy from IHS. Again, no issues there either.
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One of the tenets of ISO certification is the ability for anyone in the organization to retrieve the most up-to-date documentation and KNOW that it's up to date.
A service like IHS can basically serve as the on-line repository AND configuration management of commercial specifications. This eliminates the problem of keeping track of and updating paper copies of critical specifications.
TTFN
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IHS will sell you a PDF of Mil-Hdbk-5 for 447$US.
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Meanwhile, you can download the same document from ASSIST for FREE.
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Steven Fahey, CET
"Simplicate, and add more lightness" - Bill Stout
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DOT/FAA/AR-MMPDS-01 (ar-mmpds-01.pdf)
which can be downloaded free also.
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The annoying thing is with MILSPECS especially where they've been superceded by SAE etc.
- they have the current one only, & will sell you copies of the previous ones. not too convenient when you just want to browse to see it it's even applicable.
Sooo.... like SPARWEB sez - go to DOD Assist. You can usually get copies of the obsolete specs free there too.
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Steven Fahey, CET
"Simplicate, and add more lightness" - Bill Stout
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