So Many Digital Documents

The State Library is a repository for state documents and, as such, it receives many documents from state agencies. In the last decade, the library has gotten many documents, only published in digital form, which are added to its digital repository.  These documents can be found in the library’s online catalog and are usually available on the agency’s web page as well. 

Highlighted here are documents that represent a variety of subject areas and are from agencies that produce a fair amount of consumer related documents such as health care, do not call registry, and lemon laws. For years library patrons have been interested in obtaining information about the lemon laws which are laws about used cars. These documents will tell the definition of a car that is a lemon, and give someone the information for repair, refund, or replacement of a vehicle. 

Some digital documents are highlighted below:

•  Buying an automobile in Massachusetts?:  what you should know about the state’s lemon laws. Boston, MA: Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, 2010.

•   Cellphones and the Do Not Call Registry. Boston, MA: Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, 2012. 
  
  
•   Massachusettshealth care reform 2011 progress report. Boston, Mass.: Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, 2011.

• Nelson, Gary et al. An assessment of river herring stocks in Massachusetts. Gloucester, MA: Division of Marine Fisheries, 2011.
  
• Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation warns consumers about telephone credit card scam. Boston, MA: Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, 2010.
• Tobaccouse among Massachusetts adults: twenty years of progress, 1986-2005: resultsfrom the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Dept. of Public Health, Tobacco Control Program, 2007.
  
• Frequentlyasked questions about bed bugs. Dept. of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health, 2009.  
  

These electronic documents are easily accessible online through the State Library’s catalog. To see the documents click on "view online."  

Naomi Allen

Reference Librarian