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Web Sites
- State and Local Governments
- http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/
The Library of Congress maintains this page of links to state and local government information on the web, including web sites of states, counties, cities, and towns.
- State and Local Government on the Net
- http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
A commercial web site with links to state, county, and city government web sites, and to web sites of regional and national organizations and authorities concerned with state and local government.
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp
The home page of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with links to the web sites of state agencies, and to statistical information on cities and towns in Massachusetts. There is also online access to many of the publications and databases of the Commonwealth, including laws, regulations, and statistics. Some highlights of this web site:
- Commonwealth Communities
- State Agencies
- Citizen Information Service
- School and District Profiles
- Tax Forms and Publications
- City of Boston
- http://www.cityofboston.gov/
The home page of the City of Boston provides information about the programs and activities of the Mayor's Office, city departments (listed under "city services"), and the City Council.
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Catalogs and Indexes
- State & Local Government Documents Database
- http://www.bpl.org/catalogs/frame_gov.htm
This is an index compiled by the Boston Public Library's Government Documents Department. The index "includes documents by Boston city and Massachusetts state government agencies, as well as publications of selected civic groups, research institutions, and public policy organizations. Most publications in the index were published after 1980."
- Monthly Checklist of State Publications
- Published by the Library of Congress, this is a bibliography of state government publications of the United States. The checklist ceased publication in 1994.
Mugar Reference X Z1223.5 .F10 Library has: volume 37 (1946) - 70 (1979), 73 (1982) - 85 (September 1994).
- Massachusetts State Publications
- The Massachusetts State Library publishes this bibliography of publications of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Mugar Reference X Z1223.5 .M35 M35M Library has: 1978 - present.
- Index to Current Urban Documents
- This index gives detailed bibliographic descriptions of documents issued by cities and counties in the United States and Canada. There are geographic and subject indexes, arranged first by place name, and then by city departments and agencies, county departments, regional agencies, state departments and agencies, and quasi-public organizations. Quarterly issues of the index are cumulated in annual volumes. Most of the documents indexed are included in the Urban Documents Microfiche Collection. A subset of this microfiche collection containing Boston documents is available at the Boston Public Library. More recent issues of the index itself are available in a number of Boston Library Consortium (BLC) libraries, some of which also have parts of the microfiche collection.
Mugar Reference X Z7165 .U5 I65 Library has: volume 4 (1975/76) - 20 (1991/92).
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Statistics
- LexisNexis Statistical Universe
- http://www.lexisnexis.com/statuniv [BU community]
Statistical Universe is an online version of three indexes: American Statistics Index, covering 1973 to the present; Index to International Statistics, covering 1983 to the present; and Statistical Reference Index (see next entry), covering 1980 to the present. Statistical Universe indexes and abstracts social, demographic, and economic statistics from U.S. state governments, the U.S. government, U.S. private non-profit and commercial associations and organizations, and the U.N. and other international governmental organizations. Coverage of statistics published in U.S. federal government sources is from 1973 to present. Coverage of statistics from U.S. state governments and U.S. associations and organizations begins in 1983. Some statistical tables are available online in the database; almost all of the tables are available on microfiche in the ASI, IIS, and SRI collections in Mugar Memorial Library.
- Statistical Reference Index
- LexisNexis Statistical Universe (see previous entry) is an online version of this index. Statistical Reference Index indexes and abstracts statistical publications from sources other than the U.S. Government, including publications of state government agencies in the United States. State government data is collected in the following subject areas: education, employment, health and vital statistics, public assistance, elections, crime and correctional institutions, the judicial system, agriculture, and regulated industries. An annual cumulative volume provides indexing by subjects and names; by geographic, economic, and demographic categories; by issuing sources; and by titles. An accompanying volume contains abstracts of the publications indexed in SRI. The statistical portion of the publications indexed is, with few exceptions, available on microfiche in the SRI collection. Mugar Memorial Library has the complete SRI microfiche from 1980 to the present.
Mugar Reference X Z7554 .A5 S3 Library has: 1980 - present.
- Census State Data Centers
- http://www.census.gov/sdc/www/
The U.S. Census Bureau maintains this web site with links to state census data centers (see next entry for the MISER center in Massachusetts). The State Data Center Program provides "training and technical assistance in accessing and using Census data for research, administration, planning, and decision-making."
- Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research
- http://www.umass.edu/miser/
Statistics on population and trade are available at this web site maintained by the Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research (MISER), an interdisciplinary research institute of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. MISER serves as the Census State Data Center for Massachusetts.
- Boston Redevelopment Authority - Census 2000 Publications
- http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/bra/censuspubs.asp
These publications based on data from the 2000 Census contain population statistics for Boston and its neighborhoods.
- Boston Facts and Figures
- The Boston Municipal Research Bureau publishes this statistical compendium on Boston's population, spending and resources, workforce, schools, and tax base and debt.
Mugar Reference X HA730 .B5 B67 Library has: 1992, 1995, 2002.
- Facts About Boston's Neighborhoods
- Using census data, this report prepared by the Boston Redevelopment Authority presents population, income, housing, and job statistics for Boston's 16 neighborhoods and 69 neighborhood statistical areas. Ways to Look at Boston (see next entry) contains maps of these geographical areas.
Mugar Reference X HT177 .B6 F3 1995
Mugar HT177 .B6 F3 1995
- Ways to Look at Boston
- The Boston Redevelopment Authority publishes this collection of desktop maps of neighborhood planning districts, neighborhood statistical areas, wards and precincts, electoral districts, zip code areas, and census tracts in Boston. The maps are accompanied by tables presenting 1990 census data on population, housing, and income.
Mugar Reference X HT177 .B6 W39 1995
Mugar HT177 .B6 W39 1995
- Boston's Strong Economy
- http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/bra/pdf/publications//pdr_546.pdf
An annual Boston Redevelopment Authority report giving statistical data on Boston's economy. The report is also available in a print edition.
Mugar Reference X HC108 .B65 P47 Library has: 1997 - present.
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Law
- General Laws of Massachusetts
- http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/index.html
The online version of the Massachusetts General Laws provides automated searching of a database corresponding to the official, published version. The database may be browsed by chapters and sections or searched for keywords and phrases.
- LexisNexis Academic Universe
- http://www.lexisnexis.com/universe/ [BU community]
See the Legal Research section of this full text database for state case and statutory law.
- Social Law Library
- http://www.socialaw.com/masslaw/ [BU School of Law]
Online access to legal databases, including the Code of Massachusetts Regulations, Massachusetts General Laws, Massachusetts Superior Court Opinions, Massachusetts Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court cases, and administrative court decisions of the Appellate Tax Board, Board of Bar Overseers, Board of Registration in Medicine, Contributory Retirement Appeals Board, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Industrial Accidents, Department of Public Works, Housing Appeals Committee, Housing Court, Labor Relations Commission, Land Court, Massachusetts Commission on Discrimination, Office of the Attorney General, and State Ethics Commission.
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Taxes and Services
- Massachusetts Tax Forms and Publications
- http://www.massdor.com/
State tax forms and publications are available at this Massachusetts Department of Revenue web site.
- Citizens' Guide to Massachusetts State Services
- http://www.state.ma.us/sec/cis/ciscig/guide.html
A selective listing of governmental agencies and programs that may be of assistance to Massachusetts citizens. Also available in a print edition.
Mugar Reference X JK3130 .C58 Library has: Latest edition only.