Welcome to the "Information Search" module of the Organization for Tropical Studies’ Library.

The Organization for Tropical Studies took the initiative to develop the National Bibliography on Tropical Biology (BINABITROP) which is a database that contains the references of more than 34 500 publications in English and Spanish (books, selected chapters, thesis, articles, reports, and multimedia) on biology and related topics regarding Costa Rica. The searches can be conducted by entering the scientific name or a key word in English. The database also includes reference information, the author’s contact information, and location index of the document. There are more than 5 thousand open access full-text publications available. Other resources such as the catalogue and bibliographies of important current issues can be accessed from the Library home page.

Search options

• In free text: You can write the term here to locate. The term will be looked for in each one of the fields of the data base. The summaries and key words are in English
• Search by fields: To look for under : Autor, Tittle, Scientific Name or Key Word.