STANDARDS

ISO: International Organization for
Standardization www.iso.ch

ANSI: American National Standards
Institute www.ansi.org

Search for ISO and QS-registered
companies www.globusregistry.com

TUV: international ISO registrar for Cole
Hersee and other companies
www.tuvps.com

NHTSA: National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, USA

SAE standards. Society of Automotive
Engineers, USA:

CFS Council of Fleet Specialists, USA

Department of Transportation US Bureau
of Transportation Statistics National
Transportation Library

Grant Thornton, international management
consultants: www.grantthornton.com

CENELEC, European Committee for
Electrotechnical Standardization:

MARINE

Trade Associations
The best list is maintained by
Boating Industry magazine. It includes
other interesting sites.

NMMA:
National Marine Manufacturers Association.
The US Recreational Boating industry's
largest trade association

ABYC American Boat and Yacht Council

Find a Boat Show near you: www.nmma.org

Buy or sell a boat with free classified ads at 1st Aboard
www.1staboard.boats-sales-classifieds.com

30,000 useful boating links
www.boatowners.com

More links to useful
boating websites: www.boatinglinks.com

See pictures of much-loved old boats
www.goodoldboat.com/photos.html

SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

EEVL Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library.
A rich compendium of engineering sources
and facts.

Search the Periodic Table, find out about the
chemical elements:
www.chemicalelements.com

Dictionary of measurement units, prefixes
(yotta and zetta…), Systeme International, etc.

Take an amazing look at size step by step from outside the galaxy down to quarks; from yottometers
to attometers.

Find out how things work
from carburetors to windmills

Confused by scientific terminology?
Find answers in this high-tech dictionary

Calculators: scientific, engineering,
mortgages, sports and more!

Greatest engineering achievements of the
20th Century. A fascinating look at the
history of the automobile, the internet,
electronics and more. With useful timelines.

GENERAL REFERENCE

Find a reference source for almost anything!

US Government. 
Your first stop for finding
out anything about the government, rules, regulations, publications, and more.

Search for the meaning of an acronym from
120,000 listings

Confused by internet terms?

Find out the exact time (US Navy atomic clock)

Convert currency values

Track a FedEx package

Track a UPS package

Find US Towns & Cities

Find a US Zipcode

US Postal addresses. 
Looks up the extended zipcode and prints it out along with the postal barcode

Find a Canadian Postal Code

Reverse phone lookup. Start with a phone number…

Find the time at any location in the world

TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Boating Industry magazine

Bus Ride magazine

Commercial Carrier Journal magazine
for Fleet Managers

Diesel Progress magazine
Products,technology & industry news for the
engine-powered equipment market.

Do-it-Yourself Boat Owner
Not one of your well-known big circulation magazines,
but it's packed with well-written articles on marine
maintenance. This is a magazine that people retain.
Quarterly

Electrical Engineering Times

Equipment Today magazine
Construction vehicles & equipment

ECN Electronic Component News magazine

Fleet Owner magazine

Fleet Equipment magazine

Fleet Maintenance Supervisor magazine

Heavy Equipment News magazine

Heavy Duty Trucking magazine

Lift Equipment magazine
reporting on lifts and hoists

Light & Medium Truck magazine

OEM Off-Highway magazine:
reporting on heavy equipment for use in construction
and mining

Marine Log magazine
reporting on shipping

Marine News magazine
reporting on North American shallow draft shipping

Mass Transit magazine
Info on transit systems

Refrigerated Transporter magazine

RV Trade Digest magazine

Truck Fleet Management magazine:
reporting on trucks and fleets
www.truckingnet.com

Trailer Body Builders magazine
www.trailer-bodybuilders.com

Trucking Technology magazine
www.truckingnet.com

Truck Parts & Service magazine: www.konacommunications.com

Transport Topics magazine
Weekly printed publication & online with late-
breaking news

Utility Fleet Management magazine

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Trucking Industry 
The best list is maintained by
Newport Publications, publishers of
Heavy Duty Trucking.

AAIA Automotive Industry Aftermarket
Association. The umbrella organization
for many important car industry associations.

APRA
Automotive Parts Rebuilders Association

ATA  
American Trucking Associations:

MEMA  
Motor & Equipment Manufacturers
Association

IEE
Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK

IEEE 
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers, USA

The Royal Society, London 
The granddaddy of them all, founded 1666, with such illustrious presidents as Isaac Newton, Humphry Davy, Ernest Rutherford
www.royalsoc.ac.uk

AIP 
American Institute of Physics: lots
of info, history of Physics, Niels Bohr
Library catalog, etc: 

APS
American Physical Society:

HOW THINGS WORK

A good source for basic automotive
science. Here are some interesting
topics, arranged alphabetically, but
with SWITCHES first, of course!

Switches

Batteries

Battery charging system

Cold starting

Jake brakes
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
question134.htm

Magneto
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
question375.htm

Oil SAE numbers (10W40 etc.)
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
question164.htm

Thermostat (automotive)
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
question248.htm

Traffic lights.
How do they detect that you're waiting?
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
question234.htm

TRUCKING INFORMATION

Trucking information
A major source of information and services for truckers and dealers, listed under dozens of convenient headings
www.truckinfo.net

American Truck Historical Society.
The place for people who love old trucks and the history of trucking. Lots of pictures of old trucks.
www.aths.org

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