The National Fire Protection Association provides free access to its codes. This access is view only and requires you to make an account.
Visit the NFPA's List of Codes and Standards and search for the code or standard you want (i.e. "NFPA 70" or "70E"), select the code or standard you want, and look for a button for Free Access. You will be able to view, jump sections, and zoom in or out, but you will not be able to print or download.
More about NFPA's Free Access (including up-to-date instructions).
COD students, faculty, and staff can access the NFPA codes with their COD email and password.
NFPA contains nations codes from the National Fire Codes, the National Electrical Codes, the Life Safety Code, and many more. Please note that PDF downloads from this database are not allowed. Page prints from your browser are possible.
Use databases to locate journal, magazine, newspaper or specialized articles. You can use your COD MyAccess username and password to download articles from off-campus.
Databases are organized collections of information that you can search on a variety of fields, like title and author's name. iTunes is a database and so is Amazon. Even your contacts list in your phone is a type of mini database. The Library has databases of articles from newspapers, magazines and journals. We also have databases of streaming videos, music and e-books. The difference between our databases and iTunes or Amazon is that our stuff is free for you to use.
You can browse the library's databases here: https://library.cod.edu/az.php
Associates Programs Source Plus contains popular and scholarly articles and videos for areas such as accounting, agriculture, childcare, computer science, cosmetology, criminal justice, culinary arts, fashion, fire science, forestry, graphic arts, hospitality, interior design, massage therapy, plumbing, veterinary technology, and welding.
Business Source Complete includes full-text, non-journal content such as financial data, monographs, major reference works, conference proceedings, case studies, company profiles, SWOT analyses, as well as industry, market, investment, and county reports. It covers all disciplines in business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, and economics.
See the HVACR Research Databases page for other useful databases.