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IEEE Standards, brought to you via the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, are used around the world to help industries and companies open business opportunities, maximize research efforts, generate public and customer trust, build order in the marketplace, and enhance safety.

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  • Maximize product development and R&D with the most comprehensive collections of IEEE standards.
  • Complimentary access to the IEEE Standards Dictionary Online.
  • Access all IEEE active, revised, archived, and draft standards.
  • Stay up to date with alerts on new standards and drafts.
  • Increase productivity and time savings by having all of your standards in one place.
  • Tailor your subscription with a full menu of access levels—from a handful of users to full enterprise-wide access.
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IEEE standards are used around the globe to help industries and companies open business opportunities, build order in the marketplace, generate public and customer trust, and enhance safety. The All-Inclusive Standards subscription provides access to the growing collection of IEEE standards, including drafts and archived standards. The standards in the subscription encompass a striking range of industries, addressing topics in high-impact technologies, from existing infrastructure to disciplines that promise to change the world. Includes IEEE Standards Dictionary Online and IEEE Redline Versions of Standards.

With the all-inclusive Information Technology (IT) Subscription, you gain access to the growing collection of active, drafts, and archived standards impacting the IT industry today. A driving factor in helping the IT industry run smoothly and in creating markets, IEEE IT standards underpin many of today's IT products and services. The standards in this subscription cover a full range of technologies and applications, from communications, design automation, 802® networking, software engineering, test technology, microprocessors, storage systems, and more. Includes IEEE Standards Dictionary Online and IEEE Redline Versions of Standards.

With the all-inclusive Power and Energy Subscription, you gain access to a collection of active, drafts, and archived standards impacting the power industry today. A central element in helping the power industry run smoothly, IEEE power engineering standards form an interlocking web of hundreds of standards that define uniform methods, practices, and guidelines. Their development has tracked the evolution of electric power during the past 100 years and now encompass nearly all aspects of the industry from generation to transmission and distribution to communication. Further, they address leading-edge technology and applications, including distributed generation, power quality, and broadband over power lines. Includes IEEE Standards Dictionary Online and IEEE Redline Versions of Standards.

The telecommunications industry is at the forefront of the information age, delivering voice, data, graphics, and video at ever-increasing speeds and in an increasing number of ways. To stay on top of the latest standards driving the technology and creating new markets, access to the telecommunications subscription is a must. Comprised of the rapidly growing collection of related IEEE standards, drafts, and archived standards, this subscription provides you with the critical standards information you need to be competitive in a constantly evolving industry. Includes IEEE Standards Dictionary Online and IEEE Redline Versions of Standards.

The IEEE 3000 Standards Collection contains invaluable industry-proven standards on every key aspect of industrial and commercial power systems. Each standard gives you access to must-know procedures, formulas, diagrams, and more. Maximize product development and R&D with the most comprehensive collection of essential standards for power engineers.

The IEEE Guide for Performing Arc Flash Hazard Calculations provides techniques for designers and facility operators to apply in determining the arc-flash hazard distance and the incident energy to which employees could be exposed during their work on or near electrical equipment. This subscription includes active, historical, draft, and IEEE Redline Versions of Standards for the IEEE Guide for Performing Arc Flash Hazard Calculations.

With a focus on cryptography, transaction data, and blockchain technologies, this subscription provides access to a collection of blockchain standards, drafts, and IEEE Redline Versions of Standards. These standards can help improve data quality and communications security systems worldwide. IEEE has many standards in the blockchain technology area designed to help technological products, vendors and integrators create devices and systems for cryptography design, transaction data tracking, network monitoring, and more.

This subscription provides access to a collection of cybersecurity standards, drafts, and IEEE Redline Versions of Standards with a focus on computer security, cybersecurity, or information technology (IT) security technologies. They cover the protection of computer systems and networks from the theft of or damage to their hardware, software, or electronic data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. These standards can help improve data quality and communications security systems worldwide.

With the digital health environment emerging around the globe, there is a growing need for standards-based interoperability of multi-vendor technology that enables multi-vendor systems and applications to speak the same language. This subscription provides access to a critical collection of digital health standards, drafts, and IEEE Redline Versions of Standards. Standards in this subscription focus on medical device communications, security, wireless networking, measurement, and electrical systems standards. These IEEE standards can help save lives and improve quality of life for people worldwide.

Addressing the unintentional generation, propagation, and reception of electromagnetical energy, the associated unwanted effects and the correct operation—in the same environment—of different equipment involving electromagnetic phenomena in their operation is the basis for the standards included in the EMC Subscription. Comprised of over 180 IEEE- and ANSI EMC-related standards, drafts, archived standards, and IEEE Redline Versions of Standards, this critical collection is a must for those in industries dealing with EMC issues. Standards included cover radio frequency emissions and emission measurement, safety levels with respect to human exposure to electromagnetic fields, application and evaluation of EMI, EMC limits, and more.

IEEE can help you lead the way in smart grid technology with an unparalleled collection of standards in diverse technology fields, including NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards. Foundations for Smart Grid includes active standards and current drafts, IEEE Redline Versions of Standards, archival editions of active standards, and archival drafts. Learn more about the IEEE Foundations for Smart Grid.

The IEEE Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LAN/MAN) Subscription contains the growing collection of IEEE 802 standards, including in-demand draft standards under development, IEEE Redline Versions of Standards, and archived standards. Used worldwide, IEEE 802 standards cover personal, local, and metropolitan area network (PAN, LAN, and MAN) interfaces for evolving wired and wireless networking technologies. These standards form the foundation for nearly all data communication systems and help ensure that packets are delivered reliably from a source to a destination. IEEE 802 standards apply to coaxial, copper, and fiber optic cables, as well as to air interfaces for radio frequency transmission in personal area networks (PANs) having scales of 10 m, local area networks (LANs) having scales of 100 m, and municipal area networks (MANs) having scales of 1,000 m.

Published exclusively by IEEE, the NESC sets ground rules for practical safeguarding of persons during the installation, operation, or maintenance of electric supply and communication lines and associated equipment. The NESC contains the basic provisions that are considered necessary for the safety of employees and the public under the specified conditions. A subscription includes: National Electrical Safety Code 2023, 2017, 2012, 2007, and 2002, as well as Preprints. Includes IEEE Redline Versions of Standards.

This powerful collection contains active, drafts, IEEE Redline Versions of Standards, and archived IEEE and ANSI standards on nuclear engineering, radiation detection, and homeland security. The standards in this subscription cover the full range of nuclear engineering–related technologies and applications, including equipment qualification, auxiliary power, testing and reliability, control facilities, personnel protection, industrial processes, and nuclear and radiation applications. In addition, you'll find an extensive glossary defining more than 1,300 terms, as well as a complete index and a list of Internet resources.

This subscription provides access to the growing collection of IEEE power distribution and regulating transformers standards, drafts, IEEE Redline Versions of Standards, and archived standards used throughout the power industry today. These standards help ensure the reliable and secure operation of the power grid while fostering reliability, stability, flexibility, and capacity of power-delivery systems. The standards in the subscription address the design, performance, installation, and operation of overhead and underground electric distribution systems. They cover power capacitors, insulated connectors, energized power lines, power frequency and reliability, hardware, and more.

With a drive for greater reliance on electric power, the role of protective relaying in electric power system design and operation is growing. This subscription provides access to a critical collection of protective relaying standards, drafts, IEEE Redline Versions of Standards, and archived standards demanded by power professionals working with system design today. Standards in this subscription focus on electric power apparatus, utility-consumer connections, electrostatic discharge, generator ground protection, frequency protection, and more.

This subscription provides access to the collection of switchgear standards, drafts, IEEE Redline Versions of Standards, and archived standards used with electric power systems or grids, protecting the integrity of power systems and minimizing the scope of downstream outages. Standards in this subscription focus on design, construction, and operation of devices or assembled gear to establish, interrupt, or change connections in any electric circuit under normal or abnormal conditions—addressing fuses and cutouts, gas-insulated switchgear, insulation, insulation and hardware for switchgear, power circuit breakers, assemblies, and more.

With a focus on power transmission and distribution, this popular subscription provides access to IEEE T&D standards, drafts, IEEE Redline Versions of Standards, and archived standards known throughout the T&D industry today. The standards in this growing online collection address the design, performance, installation operation, and maintenance of overhead and underground systems that carry electricity via AC or DC lines from generating sources and substations to service areas. These standards include: network systems; switching surges; electric and magnetic fields; towers, insulators and hardware; safety and environmental impact; and power quality.

The IEEE Software Engineering Subscription gives you access to the leading standards including drafts, IEEE Redline Versions of Standards, and archived standards that are used throughout industry today to maximize software development investments. Covering software engineering terminology, processes, tools, reuse, project management, plans, documentation, and measurement, IEEE software engineering standards are implemented in an array of disciplines, including: computer science, quality management, project management, systems engineering, dependability, and safety. Together, the standards that comprise this collection excel in technical integrity on an individual basis, and each can take its place within a suite of standards that may be adopted in totality or in part by organizations.

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