If you are seeking Land Use records many of them are already freely available online.
Land use decisions from 2018 to present can be found here: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/46429. Historical review decisions can also be found in the Archives & Records Center eFiles system (https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/Search) where searching for the proposal number (e.g. 12-345678) will bring up specific cases or a more general search for "Land Use Review (LUR) Records" will bring up a browsable selection of many thousands. For help searching historical review decisions contact the Archives Center: https://www.portland.gov/archives/visit-archives.
Requests for Land Use records via the public records system should be done via the bureau/office Portland Permitting & Development in the Community and Economic Development service area.
Genealogy websites can help you track down the records you need to build your family tree. Here are the best currently available for free.
American Indian Newspapers has news and other print journalism from Indigenous publishers throughout the US and Canada from 1828 to 2016. This collection, developed in cooperation with the publishers and Tribal Councils, can be viewed by newspaper title, searched by Indigenous language, or location of publication in addition to performing topical searches across all the included publications.
https://www.americanindiannewspapers.amdigital.co.uk/
Black Life in America provides access to hundreds of Black news publications from 1976 to present and offers extensive coverage of the Black American life over the past 50 years. This resource is updated daily.
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Very Short Introductions provides concise introductions on a diverse range of topics in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. This ebook collection comprises over 350 titles written by academics and scholars who combine facts, analyses, and new insights to create compelling conceptual depictions that help students develop core knowledge on their given topics. From Oxford University Press.
https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/
What Everyone Needs to Know are the perfect primers on current events and countries using a simple question and answer format to give insight on complex topics. This ebook collection comprises over 100 titles written by leading experts in their fields. From Oxford University Press.
https://www.veryshortintroductions.com/
SIFT through Disinformation: our guide has been updated to include more effective strategy for determining the quality information on the Internet. SIFT provides steps for researching the website itself, not just the author's claims. The SIFT strategy also encourages lateral reading, a method used by professional fact checkers to confirm accuracy of information.
https://guides.library.pdx.edu/fakenews/websourceanalysis