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Chernobyl Database Management
The Chernobyl Database project is developing and maintaining an information system to provide
researchers with data and resource materials relating to the Chernobyl nuclear accident of April, 1986.
The system is the official United States repository for Chernobyl data, The system includes a collection
of Chernobyl-related documents, a database of bibliographic references, and a collection of radiological
measurements records. During FY 1991, end-user software products were prepared to make the
resources more accessible and easy to use. These products include a personal-computer-based biblio-
graphic search system (ChernoLit™^) and a personal-computer-based radiological measurements
database system (ChernoDat).
Chernobyl Database
R. A. Kennedy, J. A. Mahaffey, F. Carr, Jr., and
S. K. Smith
ChernoLit
In an effort to provide software tools to aid re-
searchers studying the Chernobyl accident, the
Chernobyl Bibliographic Search System (Cherno-
Lit™) was developed, documented, and tested
during FY 1991. ChernoLit provides bibliographic
data and abstracts in a usable format for research
studies relating to the Chernobyl accident.
ChernoLit is an easy-to-use software package
that includes search capabilities on bibliographic
data. The user may specify names, words, and
phrases of interest. These search criteria may be
logically compounded. The user may also spe-
cify which database fields are to be searched.
The user may interactively view the references,
including the abstracts, or may generate a report.
Reports may be directed to the screen, to the
default printer, or accumulated in a folder that is
written to a disk file,
ChernoLit will run on an IBM PS/2, AT,(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) or a fully-
IBM-compatible computer configured with either a
5-1/4-inch or 3-1/2-inch high-density floppy disk
drive and with 8 megabytes of free disk space.
An operating system of DOS 3.3 or higher is
required. For best performance, use of a mouse
is recommended. If printed reports are desired, a
printer must be available to the computer.
ChernoLit has been implemented as a FoxPro™^
2.0 run-time application consisting of pull-down
menus, shortcut keys, text buttons, and dialog
boxes as well as the bibliographic database. This
stand-alone system is provided in compressed
format on floppy disks. An automatic install
procedure loads the application onto the user’s
computer. A version that executes on the Macin-
tosh®^ computer will be available in the future.
Over 4400 references concerning the accident,
complete with abstracts, are included with
ChernoLit. The data contained in the database
was obtained from electronic literature searches
and from requested donations from individuals
and organizations. These literature searches
interrogated the ENERGY SCIENCE AND TECH-
NOLOGY database (formerly DOE ENERGY) of
the DIALOG®^* Information Retrieval Service.
ENERGY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY provid-
ed by the U.S. DOE, Washington, D.C., is a multi-
disciplinary database containing references to the
world’s scientific and technical literature on
energy. All unclassified information processed at
the Technical Information Center of the U.S. DOE
is included in the database.
(a) ChernoLit is a trademark of Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH, USA,
(b) IBM, PS/2, and AT are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
(c) FoxPro is a trademark of Fox Software, Inc, Perrysburg, OH, USA.
(d) Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computers, Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA.
(e) DIALOG is a registered trademark of Dialog Information Services, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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Toburen, L. H. Pacific Northwest Laboratory Annual report for 1991 to the DOE Office of Energy Research, report, May 1, 1992; Richland, Washington. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1071304/m1/8/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.