From 1998 to 2016, Martin Schorr – supported by various colleagues – evaluated countless odonatological publications (including ‘grey literature’, i.e. unpublished reports, scientific theses, etc.) and compiled these as citations, in most cases with summaries, in the form of the ‘ODONATOLOGICAL ABSTRACT SERVICE’ (OAS) as a publication of the INTERNATIONAL DRAGONFLY FUND e.V. (IDF) in cooperation with the WORLDWIDE DRAGONFLY ASSOCIATION (WDA). After the double issue 45/46 in May 2016, the service was temporarily discontinued. Martin Schorr has revived the OAS since July 2021. Issues 1 (January 1998) to 73 (December 2023) have now been compiled in a pdf. By searching for keywords, the pdf (22,609 citations on 4,347 pages) can be used very conveniently for literature searches. 

Download Odonatological Abstract Service (OAS) – Issues 1 (Jan. 1998) to 73 (Dec. 2023). 

If you research odonatological literature with the help of OAS, we ask you to make a note of this in your own reports or publications. This can be done, for example, in the acknowledgements in the following or similar form:

‘The Odonatological Abstract Service (OAS) of the INTERNATIONAL DRAGONFLY FUND e.V. (IDF) was used for the literature search. This is available for download on the Internet at www.dragonflyfund.org.’

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Current issues

New issues that are not yet included in the file available for download above will be published here. It is therefore best to check back from time to time.