Government Information Research Guide
Massachusetts Reference Materials
Some particularly useful Massachusetts paper and online state reference sources follow.
Abstracts, Indexes, and Catalogs
Index to Massachusetts Legislative Documents, 1801-1882 (UM/Ref. Z1223.5 M35 M3)
Subject/name index to bills and legislative reports of the General Court.
Index to Massachusetts Legislative Documents, 1883-1899 (UM/Ref. Z1223.5.M35 A32 1994)
Subject/name index to bills and legislative reports of the General Court.
Index of Special Reports Authorized by the General Court, 1900-1988
(UM/REF KFM 2821.A58 L4 1989)
Subject index to only legislative reports on topics of interest to the General Court.
Massachusetts State Publications
(UM/Gov.Docs. Office MASS. SL 1.4/2:)
Quarterly and cumulative annual listing of publications that were received by the State Library of Massachusetts from state agencies. Arranged by agency with a keyword index.
Title Keyword Index to Massachusetts State Public Documents, 1857-1899, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UM/Gov.Docs. MASS. UM 17.2:T 53)
Index to annual reports of Massachusetts state agencies, executive offices, commissions, boards and institutions. Includes statistical, social and economic reports on topics of interest to state government in the last half of the nineteenth century.
Weil's Index to the Code of Massachusetts Regulations (UM/Gov.Doc. Ref. KFM2435 1995 A22)
Subject, registration number and authority index arranged to make finding relevant information regarding Massachusetts regulations fast and easy.
Government and Law
Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts (UM/KFM 2425.A25)
Annual compilation of new laws passed by the General Court each year.
Citizen's Guide to Massachusetts State Services
(UM/Ref. JK 3130.C58)
Contains information about state services, agencies, and contact points. Services arranged by broad subject headings, or search for specific words, or use the index.
Code of Massachusetts Regulations
(UM/Gov.Doc.Ref KFM 2435 1995 A22)
Complete compilation of regulations promulgated by Massachusetts state agencies.
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(UM/Ref. KFM2801 1780.A358 2000)
Includes an essay on the making and growth of the Constitution, the Preamble, Declaration of Rights, the frame of government, articles of amendment, tables, and index.
General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Information on legislators, current legislation, general laws, committees, calendars, rules, budget recommendations, and more.
General Laws of Massachusetts (UM/KFM 242.A25)
Codification of the laws of Massachusetts
Leading the Way: a History of the Massachusetts General Court, 1629-1980
(UM/Gov. Docs. MASS. SS1.2:L 522)
Provides a detailed account of the origins, founding and development of the General Court with emphasis on signifcant events in legislative history, as well as the role played by the General Court in the progress of the Commonwealth.
Manual of the General Court (UM/Ref. JK3131.M41)
Includes federal constitution, Massachusetts constitution, legislative districts, election statistics, House and Senate rules, information on legislators, directories of the judiciary, executive offices, and county officers.
Massachusetts Court System
Links to the Supreme Judicial Court, Appeals Court, information on the Trial Court include lists of all divisions and departments, Boston Municipal Court, District Court, Housing Court, Juvenile Court, Land Court, Probate and Family Court, and Superior Court.
Massachusetts Political Almanac (UM/Ref. JK3130.A6)
A comprehensive directory of the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the Massachusetts government that provides profiles of legislators and major officers of executive agencies.
Statistics
American Factfinder
Bureau of the Census database for 2000 census. Also includes 1990 census. Data for all Massachusetts towns and cities down to the block level.
Annual Report, Vital Statistics of Massachusetts
Public Document, No. 1 (1858-1996 in paper )
(UM/Mass. Docs. MASS. P.D. 1)
Statistics on mortality, natality, marriage and divorce for the state, cities and towns.
Crime Statistics
From FBI's "Uniform Crime Reports". Includes statistics on local crime, violent and property crime, and domestic violence in Massachusetts. Also has links to the State Police Crime Reporting Unit reports.
Employment, Hours, and Earnings
Monthly estimates of employment, hours, and earnings by industry for the Commonwealth and the ten Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA). Industry employment and payroll information for the state, the labor market areas, counties, SDAs, cities and towns. Information on labor force, employment, unemployment and the unemployment rate for the state.
Massachusetts Election Statistics
Public Document, No. 43
(UM/Gov.Docs. MASS. P.D.43)
In addition to state primary and general election results, the document contains combined tables of enrollment, registration, and turnout for each community in the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Statistics
Provides statistics on marriage, divorce, births, deaths, cancer registry, AIDS, communicable diseases, and occupational health.
Towns and Cities
Commonwealth Communities
Find public school and Community profiles, summaries of municipal finances, state legislators, regional offices for a variety of state agencies, and more. Also includes links to official city/town and public school Web sites, and other community sites that provide substantial civic information.
Massachusetts Municipal Profiles. (Information Publications, Wellesley, Mass.)
(Latest ed. at Ref. Desk: UM/Ref. HA431.M37)
Designed to provide concise, yet comprehensive, one-page profiles of every city and town in Massachusetts, this annual publication includes information about a community's population, government, housing, finance, and schools.
Municipal Data Bank
Collects, analyzes, and distributes financial, demographic, and economic data on Massachusetts cities and towns.
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