Research Guides: RUSS 220: Chornobyl (BMC): Background Information: Scholarly Sources

Topic Overviews

Oxford Bibliographies Online
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An excellent approach to understanding how a topic is studied across different disciplines. Search Chernobyl and limit by discipline.
Oxford Handbooks in Political Science
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There is a section on Energy Politics relevant to Chernobyl. Search terms include 'technological disaster' or 'technological catastrophe'.

Brookings Institution
Think tanks, such as Brookings, provide overviews. Other think tanks to consider include Earth Watch, the Human Rights Institute, and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

CIA World Fact Book This link opens in a new window
Provides detailed profiles of all countries of the world: geography, people, government, economy, communications, military, and transnational issues, as well as maps. Search CHERNOBYL for recent and historic information.

UN Digital Library
Primary index to United Nations documentation published since 1979.
UN Official Document System (ODS)
The United Nations Official Document System (ODS) supplies copies of documents published by the United Nations. Full text is available for all documents published since 1993 and select documents published from 1946-1993.