SA Health Library Service FAQs

Answer

Australian Standards are available via the Techstreet platform. To access the standards you will need to set up a personal Techstreet account the first time you login. 

Once you have a Techstreet account, you can login to view and download Australian Standards. Techstreet also includes a range of standards from other publishers, including ISO Standards, and these may be available on request. 

In this FAQ:

• Setting up a Techstreet account
• Logging in to Techstreet
• Viewing and downloading standards (FileOpen plugin)

Setting up a Techstreet account

1. Go to the Australian Standards page on the library website
2. Click on the link Set up my Techstreet account
3. Login with your library username and password
4. Copy the Corporate Key listed on the page (you will need to use the key as part of the registration) 
5. Click on Register for a Techstreet Account
6. Fill out the Welcome to Techstreet registration form and click on Sign Up. Note that you will need to:
   1. Use your sa.gov.au email address
   2. Input the Corporate Key that you copied from the preceding page.
7. You will receive an email inviting you to set up a password for your new account.
8. Done! You can now login to Techstreet to view and download Australian Standards.

Logging in to Techstreet

You can login via:

• The Australian Standards link located in the Popular resources box on the library homepage, or
• By navigating to Standards Australia in the Databases and eResources A-Z list.

Viewing and downloading standards

View standards online

Once logged in, you can view the standards online in the inbuilt Techstreet document viewer.

Download standards

To download and open a standard on your computer you will need to have the following programs installed:

• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• FileOpen plug-in

Both Adobe Acrobat Reader and the FileOpen plugin are automatically installed on all SA Health computers. To verify that your computer has the plug-in installed: 

• Open Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Navigate to Help > About Adobe > About Third-Party Plug-ins
• On the list of plug-ins, you should see ‘FileOpen Client’

Note that downloaded standards are locked to the computer on which they are first opened. If you wish to access the same standard on a different computer, you will need to download it again. 

If you are using a non-SA Health computer and need to install the FileOpen plugin:

• Download FileOpen.
• The system requirements are: 
  • Windows: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows7 - Adobe Reader 10.0 or higher 
  • Mac: Mac OS X, Mac OS 9.2 - Adobe Reader 10.0 or higher 
  • Linux: Adobe Reader 10.0 or higher

Assistance and further information

• My desired standard in Techstreet is listed as "not subscribed". Can I still get access? 
• I can download my standard, but I cannot open it in Adobe Acrobat. 
• How long will my downloaded Australian Standard remain accessible on my computer?       

For questions about Australian Standards, Techstreet or the FileOpen plugin, please contact the Electronic Resources Team.