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CSA OnDemand: Get Started

Get Started

CSA OnDemand is a searchable library of standards from the Canadian Standards Association. It provides continually updated standards for online viewing and downloadable PDFs. Standards available through NSCC's subscription cover the following Subject Areas:

  • Petroleum & Natural Gas
  • Environment & Natural Resources
  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Mechanical & Industrial Equipment
  • Health Care and Well-being
  • Worker & Public Safety
  • Nuclear
  • Management Systems
  • Electrical
  • Fuels & Transportation

How to get to CSA OnDemand?

Accessing CSA OnDemand off-site

If you are not on an NSCC Campus, you will be prompted to login with your NSCC w number and password, the same on e your use for  NSCC email.

From NSCC's CSA OnDemand main page, you can keyword search in the "Search Products" search field or select My Library on the right for a full list of all Standards available.

CSA my library link

Search standards

Once in the My Library section, you’ll see a list of available standards (“parents”). Click on one of the standards from the list to see the current and previous editions of that standard (“children” of that standard).

You can search for specific standards by:

  • Typing keywords in the search field that says "Search Products"
  • Search or limit by Subject Area

 

  • Or search by partial of full ICS Code.

View Standards Online

Once you select a standard, you will see View Online; this is the Web Viewer Version. We recommend accessing standards this way whenever possible.

 

Select View Online and the standard will open in the Online Web Viewer (can be used with any mobile device). Here you can use the zoom function to increase font size, go to a specific page, and search within the document.

Share Link

Important: Students or colleagues receiving or accessing a CSA OnDemand Standard link have go into CSA OnDemand via NSCC Libraries' website FIRST, before the link will work. Off-site you will be prompted for your W# and password (same as used for NSCC email). An example message is provided below.

 

You can link to specific Standards using the Share button located above the View Online and Download PDF options. Links can be pasted into an email or added to a Brightspace course.

When you select Share, a window will appear on your screen with the permalink to that Standard. Select Copy Link.

copy shareable link

 

Add Standard Link to a Brightspace Course

  1. Copy Link
  2. In Brightspace course and module you wish to add link, select New > Create a File.
  3. In the Rich Text Editor, type the name of the Standard and hyperlink it using the Link you copied from CSA OnDemand.
  4. Provide a message to students that they must access CSA OnDemand via NSCC Libraries' webpage FIRST in order for the link to work. If you provide a link to CSA OnDemand (the main collection link) set it to Open in New Window in Brightspace.

An example message might be:

To link to Standard Z317.5-17 Illumination Design in Health Care Facilities

  1. Go to NSCC Libraries’ CSA OnDemand link FIRST:  https://store-csagroup-org.ezproxy.nscc.ca/ondemand/s/   (NOTE to Course designers: this link works best if it opens in a New Window - set that when you add it)
  2. Off-site you will be prompted with your w# and password – same as for your NSCC email
  3. Then click on the Standard link provided: (i.e. https://view-csagroup-org.ezproxy.nscc.ca/WmzNBZ )

Please note: Sharing downloaded PDFs through Brightspace would require special copyright permission. Please contact leigh.gagnier@nscc.ca for more information.

Need help?

Contact your Campus Library for assistance.