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The
STRI Branch collects research, research-oriented, academic and highly
technical materials in: animal behavior, anthropology, archaeology,
biodiversity, bioprospection, bryology, canopy studies, conservation
of the tropics, coral reefs, ecotourism, educational and outreach
programs, entomology, evolution, geology, global change, herpetology,
history of natural history, indigenous groups, long-term monitoring
projects, mammology, marine invertebrates, molecular biology, nature
legislation, ornithology, paleoecology, pharmacognosy, plant physiology,
plant taxonomy, phycology, primatology, natural and protected areas,
research policy, and the Panama Canal and its watershed.
There
are over 34,000 monographs, 24, 000 serial volumes, 500 maps and
6,000 microfiche/microfilms. The collection is housed in its own
building since 1983 and a renovation in 1994 increased the space
to 1,800 square meters. The Special Collections protects over 600
monographs and one serial title from the late 19th century and the
beginning of the 20th century.
STRI
staff and patrons in general may find related and useful SIL collections
in the following Branches:
In
the Sciences:
- Anthropology
Botany
- Natural
History (sublocations in: entomology, invertebrate zoology (crustacea,
mollusks), vertebrate zoology (birds, fishes, mammals, reptiles)
and vertebrate paleontology)
- National
Zoological Park
- Museum
Support Center
- and
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
In
the Arts:
- National
Museum of American History
- Warren
M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
- and
the
Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History
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