Search on city and towns websites to locate masters plans, committee reports, policies, and by-laws, etc.
Also, use Google site search to locate documents on the city/town website. Type keywords, add the word "site" followed directly by the domain of the website:
examples:"master plan" site:https://www.easthampton.org, wifi site:https://www.easthampton.org, condominiums and development site:http://www.dedham-ma.gov/
Online access the following western Massachusetts newspapers: The Advocate (North Adams); Amherst Bulletin (Amherst); The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield); Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton); North Adams Transcript (North Adams); The Recorder (Greenfield); The Republican (Springfield); Springfield Advocate (Springfield); Springfield Examiner (Springfield); Valley Advocate (Easthampton)
Electronic ASCII version of the Springfield Republican newspaper, without images or graphics.
Massachusetts' newspaper of record, 1980-present. Database contains text-only articles (not page reproductions). Does not contain all content found in the published version of the Globe, such as advertisements, charts, classified ads, graphs, most images, and non-staff written items.
Indexes journals, newspapers, magazines, trade publications, reports, dissertations, and proceedings, covering the fields of management, economics, finance, accounting and more.
Provides full text for 3,298 business periodicals including scholarly journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. Periodical coverage ranges from Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, and American Banker to journals such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Management,and Academy of Management Review.
Full text coverage begins in 1965 for many journals and includes PDF images and embedded images for many of these journals. In addition, the database provides company information for over 200,000 companies from such sources as Dun Bradstreet, Thomas Register and Disclosure.
Economic Census of the United States (city data) - Use American Factfinder at right
Quick and access to modern and historical census data and demographic information. This resource brings together a vast and growing amount of quantitative data with an intuitive visual interface and report-generation tools that make demographic research, the analysis of social trends, and comparison of neighborhoods, communities, counties, and other areas accessible and interactive