Standards
DIN standards & VDI guidelines
The Nautos subject database contains the full text of valid DIN standards, including DIN-EN, DIN-ISO standards, etc. (the abbreviation for the "DIN" institute must be included). DIN-VDE standards are not included.
In addition, the full text of all VDI guidelines is available in Nautos.
Please note that for withdrawn DIN standards, only bibliographic references are available, not full texts.
VDE Standards Library
The VDE Standards Library database contains only the full text of valid DIN-VDE standards (VDE regulations). These are standards that are also VDE regulations. Full texts for withdrawn standards can be requested.
Please note that VDE regulations cannot be exported (i.e., saved to data storage media).
IEEE standards
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) database also contains many standards in full text that are published by IEEE. The following link will take you directly to the search in the available standards:
PLEASE NOTE:
- Access to the databases is only possible from the university network or via a VPN client (does not apply to the VDE Standards Library).
- The use of DIN standards is subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act. Disclosing the data in whole or in part—whether on an electronic medium, via remote data transmission, or as a paper copy—as well as granting third parties access to the stored data is not permitted. Further information on copyright can be found on the intranet(Opens in a new tab) .
Patents
The DEPATISnet database is available for patent searches. It contains patent publications from all over the world, insofar as they are in the German Patent Information System (DEPATIS).