Being based in New York, we may be restricted from visiting most of you … but they can’t restrict us from bringing you new content! This month, we’ve released nearly a million pages of new journals, government documents, international legal materials, and more. Keep reading to learn about what we’ve been up to over the past few weeks.
JULY 2020 CONTENT RELEASE SUMMARY
Updated databases: 57
New titles: 1,537
New volumes: 2,404
New pages added last month: 929,107
Total pages in HeinOnline: 187,054,684
Highlights from the Past Month
We Went to AALL Virtual!
We certainly missed seeing everyone in person this year at the AALL Annual Conference, but we still made the best out of our virtual meet-ups. Check out our recap of the conference, see our demos, and find out what’s new in HeinOnline.
SmartCILP Profiles and Notifications Transitioned to HeinOnline
We recently announced that William S. Hein & Co., Inc. & HeinOnline acquired the rights to the Current Index to Legal Periodicals (CILP). We have successfully transitioned this essential product under our ownership, and are excited to report that SmartCILP profiles are now available in HeinOnline itself. Learn how to create, edit, and manage SmartCILP profiles in the HeinOnline interface.
A New Update to National Survey of State Laws
National Survey of State Laws (NSSL) is a print and online resource that provides an overall view of some of the most-asked-about and controversial legal topics in the United States. This month, two new chapters were added—Beer Law and Voter Laws—and six chapters were updated.
We Updated World Constitutions Illustrated
Since our last update in April, we’ve continued to add new documents to the ever-growing World Constitutions Illustrated database. Discover the updates we’ve made to 33 countries over the past few months.
Our Session Laws Indexing Project Continues
We continue our project to index state session laws to the chapter or act level back to inception. Last month, the indexing for Washington was completed, and Delaware is up next on the list.
Another Substantial Update to the Serial Set
Since its initial release in October 2018, more than 5.8 million pages and nearly 7,000 volumes have been added to the Serial Set. In the past month alone, the Serial Set grew by more than 300 volumes and nearly 275,000 pages. Read up on this month’s Secret of the Serial Set—an overview of the Manhattan Project and the race to create the atomic bomb.
We Talked About Black Lives Matter and Civil Rights
With more than 450 protests occurring in towns and cities of the United States (as well as across three continents), some are calling this the biggest civil rights movement yet. Explore past civil rights movements in U.S. history and the changes that have occurred as a result.
We Gave You Some More Tips and Tricks
We brought back some useful tips of the week to help you research with efficiency. Learn how to search case law with Fastcase, and then check out our guide to using advanced search syntax.
Major Database Updates
We’ve added a ton of content to some of our most popular HeinOnline databases! Check out the most substantial additions this month:
- The Law Journal Library continues to grow with the addition of 11 new titles, several of which are internationally published.
- The Legal Classics Library now includes 313 new documents.
- We added 304 hearings, 225 Congressional Research Service Reports, and 140 committee prints to U.S. Congressional Documents.
- GAO Reports and Comptroller General Decisions received an update of 73 new titles.
- 65 titles were added to the New York Legal Research Library.
- 60 titles were added to History of International Law.
- Taxation & Economic Reform in America: Parts I & II now includes 49 new titles.
- Nearly 40 titles were added to World Constitutions Illustrated.
- Spinelli’s Law Library Reference Shelf has grown with the addition of 38 titles.
- Finally, 30 new titles are now included in the Foreign & International Law Resources database.
That’s not all! Expand each collection below to discover additional updates, along with our favorite titles from each addition.
But wait, there’s more! Access the comprehensive list of all new material added and updated in the July Content Release.
