Please read the Adobe Plugin instructions below before using this database. A special plugin is required.
ABMA (American Bearing Manufacturers Association) is the global advocate and the network for technical standards, education and business information for bearings manufacturers, suppliers, and end-users. This database gives students access to Red River College Polytechnic current subscriptions of ABMA books, standards, and guidelines. Please refer to this guide for log in in instructions. Users must set up an account prior to accessing this database.
ASHRAE is a society of heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning engineers that shape industry through research. This database gives students access to Red River College Polytechnic current subscriptions of ASHRAE books, standards, and guidelines. Please refer to this guide for log in in instructions. Users must set up an account prior to accessing this database.
ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) promotes the art, science & practice of multidisciplinary engineering around the globe. This database gives students access to Red River College Polytechnic current subscriptions of ASME books, standards, and guidelines. Please refer to this guide for log in in instructions. Users must set up an account prior to accessing this database.
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 169 national standards bodies. This database gives students access to Red River College Polytechnic current subscriptions of ISO books, standards, and guidelines. Please refer to this guide for log in in instructions. Users must set up an account prior to accessing this database.
SAE International, formerly named the Society of Automotive Engineers, is a United States-based, globally active professional association and standards developing organization for engineering professionals in various industries. This database gives students access to Red River College Polytechnic current subscriptions of SAE books, standards, and guidelines. Please refer to this guide for log in in instructions. Users must set up an account prior to accessing this database.
Red River College has obtained access to Technical Standard documents via Techstreet. These documents are available to RRCP Students and Staff through our proxy server.
Prior to trying to open the Techstreet documents, you need to install the following two plugins on your workstation:
These plugins ARE ONLY NECESSARY IF YOU PLAN TO PRINT (you need them to be able to download the encrypted PDF), they are not required for just viewing the documents, as they have implemented a web-based viewer.
If you are on a college lab computer, college laptop, or personal/home computer, you should be able to install this plugin. If you are a RRC Staff member, you may have to place a IT Support (My Tickets) request to install this plugin on your college workstation.
Once you have the plugins correctly installed, click this link of the go to the Techstreet documents RRC Library subscribes to:
Here are some known issues and solutions from instructors:
You must download the protected files to your hard drive before opening them. They will not open in your browser.
For Windows machines, Be sure to close Acrobat Reader before installing the plugin. After the computer installs the plugin, it will open Adobe Reader and show you a test file. This means it should be working properly.
Occasionally, the file will not open properly, and all the text will appear garbled. There is no known reason for this, but it could be too many people from the college who are accessing the same resource or the default download state does not save the file correctly, or the download otherwise fails.
The solution to this is to re-download the file. If it still doesn't work, try right-clicking the download link on the database page and selecting 'save link as...'. Place the file in a location that is not your download folder (your desktop or the course folder). Try opening the file from Acrobat reader (instead of double-clicking on the file from your explorer window). See image.
The files usually self-destruct after a set time period. If you have saved a file and returned to it after 3 months, it will likely not open. If this happens, you simply need to re-download the file from the database.
You cannot make annotations or mark up the PDF file, but you can print the document out if you prefer!