Oh my gourd, you’re never going to believe what new content HeinOnline has raked in this month! We’ve got new databases, features, and haystacks of rich content to tell you about. Let’s take a closer look at what’s available.
OCTOBER 2020 CONTENT RELEASE SUMMARY
Updated databases: 55
New titles: 2,040
New volumes: 2,799
New pages added last month: 809,870
Total pages in HeinOnline: 189,553,381
Highlights from the Past Month
New Civil Rights and Social Justice database
In the midst of Black Lives Matter protests, and what some are calling the next civil rights movement, HeinOnline is pleased to offer a new database, Civil Rights and Social Justice. This database brings together a diverse offering of publications covering civil rights in the United States. It is included free of charge for all U.S. and international Core subscribers and for libraries of any other interested organization or institution.
We Released the Electoral College Subcollection in the U.S. Presidential Library
Users can now find within the U.S. Presidential Library, the Electoral College subcollection dedicated to explaining how the electoral college system works, the history of its formation, debates around its efficiency, as well as efforts to reform and even abolish it.
New Feature: Manage Your Search History with MyHein
HeinOnline has always given its users the option to see a listing of their search history, but a new feature now allows MyHein users better management and organization of all of their previous search queries.
We Highlighted 5 Key Issues To Research before the Presidential Election
The 2020 presidential election has proven to be the most debated, divisive, and important election of our time. No matter which side you are leaning towards, there are key topics that each voter should be educated on when casting their vote. We looked at where each candidate stands on 5 key issues, and how to research these topics using HeinOnline.
We Showcased How to Locate the Text of a Public Law
Have you ever tried to locate the text of a public law or an Act, but didn’t have a U.S. Statutes at Large citation or a public law number handy? This tip will showcase how to utilize three different sources in HeinOnline to locate the text of a public law using its popular name.
We Provided an Update on What’s New in World Constitutions
Back in July, we updated researchers on the content that was released in the World Constitutions Illustrated database from April to June 2020. Since our last content news update, we have updated 26 countries and added163 new titles to the World Constitutions Illustrated database.
We Held a Partner Webinar with AALL
HeinOnline experts Steve Roses and Lauren Mattiuzzo provided an AALL member webinar where they discussed HeinOnline’s newest research databases and how to utilize specific tools to maximize your legal research experience.
Major Database Updates
We’ve added a ton of content to some of our most popular HeinOnline databases! Check out the substantial additions this month:
- The Law Journal Library continues to grow with the addition of 10 new journals.
- More than 160 CRS Reports, nearly 170 hearings, and 4 committee prints were added to the U.S. Congressional Documents database.
- More than 140 titles were added to Legal Classics.
- Criminal Justice & Criminology has been updated to include 55 new titles.
- 40 new titles were added to the World Constitutions Illustrated database.
- Spinelli’s Law Library Reference Shelf grew by 15 titles.
- Eleven titles were added to the U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, including two new legislative histories by Bill Manz.
- 8 titles were added to the American Indian Law Collection
That’s not all! Expand each collection below to discover additional updates, along with our favorite titles from each addition.
With the October content release, we added 10 new journals, all of which are active serials. We are also happy to report that due to an updated agreement with the publisher, HeinOnline now provides current content for the Journal of Space Law.
Central European Public Administration Review (CEPAR)
Vols. 1-18#1 (2003-2020)
Title Varies: Vols. 1-10 (2003-2012) as Administration; Vols. 11-15 (2013-2017) as International Public Administration Review
Published by University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Public Administration
Central European Public Administration Review (CEPAR) is a scientific peer-reviewed and peer-edited journal that publishes original articles devoted to the development and analysis of public administration and governance. Published biannually, the journal’s mission is to contribute to the theoretical and practical progress of public administration in central European and other countries. The goal of CEPAR is to cover mostly central European space, in not only geographical but mainly contextual sense, by supporting administrative reforms in accordance with European principles.
GNLU Journal of Law Development and Politics
Vols. 1-9 (2009-2019)
Published by Gujarat National Law University
The GNLU Journal of Law, Development and Politics (GJLDP) is a biannual peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal that focuses on law, development, and politics. It is published by the Editorial Board of Gujarat National Law University and is administered by university faculty and students. The goal of GJLDP is to promote development, politics, and issues related to legal reforms, critique the legal system, monitor developments in alternative practice, and spread legal education to various communities. This journal is intended for legal luminaries, professors of law and other related fields, academicians, and students, and encourages contributions from all such individuals.
Health and Human Rights Journal
Vols. 1-22#1 (1994-2020)
Title Varies: Vols. 1-15 (1994-2013) as Health and Human Rights
Published by Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights
Health and Human Rights Journal, founded in 1994, provides an inclusive forum for action-oriented dialogue among human rights practitioners. The journal endeavors to increase access to human rights knowledge in the health field by linking an expanded community of readers and contributors. Health and Human Rights Journal focuses rigorous scholarly analysis on the conceptual foundations and challenges of rights discourse and action in relation to health. The journal is dedicated to empowering new voices from the field—highlighting the innovative work of groups and individuals in direct engagement with human rights struggles as they relate to health. The journal seeks to foster engaged scholarship and reflective activism, and in doing so, invites informed action to realize the full spectrum of human rights. Health and Human Rights Journal publishes two issues each year in June and December and publishes papers-in-press regularly in between each issue.
International Annals of Criminology
Full Text: Vols. 1-52 (1962-2014)
Indexed: Vols.1-57 (1962-2019)
Published by the International Society of Criminology
The International Annals of Criminology is an international and multidisciplinary journal devoted to the study of crime and crime prevention. Published by the International Society of Criminology, the Annals is one of the oldest continuously published scholarly journals in the area of criminology. Its mission is to further the dissemination of original international material on criminology and criminal justice, with a particular focus on different contexts beyond Europe and North America. The Annals welcomes contributions relating to crime, cybercrime, crime prevention, criminal law, medico-legal subject matters, and the administration of criminal justice, and provides a platform for learning, debate, and collaboration among criminologists, policymakers, professionals, and practitioners worldwide.
Journal of Akdeniz University of Faculty of Law
Vols. 1-10#1 (2011-2020)
Published by Akdeniz University Faculty of Law
Journal of Akdeniz University Faculty of Law is published twice a year in June and December. The mission of the publishing law school is to educate lawyers who have a high sense of justice, a critical perspective, a culture of compromise, and who are sensitive to social problems. The peer-edited journal, in turn, is intended for academicians and students with undergraduate and postgraduate education in the legal field, publishing original articles that support legal education and practice.
Journal of Law and Society
Vols. 1-50 (1872-2019)
Published by the University of Peshawar
Journal of Law and Society is published by the University of Peshawar once a year with the mission of improving human life through law. One of the leading and oldest research journals of Pakistan, this publication exposes what the law is and how it ought to be in its local, regional, and global contexts for researchers, practicing lawyers, judges, politicians, policymakers, and students. The Journal of Law and Society focuses on the following research areas, among others: legal research methodologies; criminal and civil laws and procedures; the administration of justice; the discourse of human rights law; international law; and more.
Law Journal of Public Administration (REDAP)
2016-2020#1
Published by Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
This biannual, peer-edited scientific journal seeks to disseminate research in the area of administrative law, in its transdisciplinarity with public administration, through the publication of scientific articles and academic papers, as well as book reviews and case law analyses. The journal publishes its original articles after an evaluation process using the double-blind method and aims to allow academic dissemination of scientific articles that critically deal with the relationship between the State and the citizen. Its target audience is faculty and students engaged with law, public administration, public management, and related social sciences courses.
SMU Annual Texas Survey
Vols. 1-6 (2014-2020)
Published by Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
The SMU Annual Texas Survey serves as a tool to legal practitioners in the development of Texas jurisprudence. Each issue includes articles from law professors, attorneys, and judges concerning the concise presentation of the present state of Texas law. The survey began in 1967 as the Annual Survey of Texas Law, an annual project of the SMU Law Review and published ever year as its last issue. All editing is performed by student members of the board of editors and the staff of the SMU Law Review Association.
The SMU Law Review, in turn, is published four times each year and includes articles by prominent legal scholars and practitioners dealing with significant questions of local, national, and international law.
Studii Juridice Universitare (SJU)
2008-2019
Published by Free International University of Moldova
Studii Juridice Universitare (The University Legal Studies) was established in 2008, and over the years has experienced many modifications in form and substance, each with a noble purpose—the improvement of published volumes. Today, the journal is published by the Graduate School of Law in collaboration with the Law Faculty of the Free International University of Moldova. Focusing both on theoretical research and practical information, the journal seeks to publish valuable work that reflects the results of current research of representatives of institutions in the Republic of Moldova and other states. The journal covers the areas of international law, public law, private law, and criminal sciences.
Union University Law School Review
Vols. 1-11#1 (2010-2020)
Published by Union University Law School Belgrade
Founded in 2010, Pravni zapisi (Union University Law School Review) is a peer-reviewed and peer-edited journal published by Union University Law School Belgrade, Serbia. Within the national ranking of scholarly journals, the Review has been ranked as a leading national journal in the categories of Law and Political Science. The Review welcomes legal scholarship on a broad range of legal topics written by professors, researchers, judges, and other legal practitioners, as well as postgraduate students. Our goals are to foster excellence in legal research and writing, to provide the professional community with reliable and thoughtful commentary on new developments and trends in the law, and to serve as a forum for legal debates.
Eight new titles were added, including:
Indians of the Northwest Coast
1v. New York: Published for the American Museum of Natural History McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1955
Drucker, Philip
55 new titles were added, including:
Conviction, Imprisonment, and Lost Earnings: How Involvement with the Criminal Justice System Deepens Inequality
1v. New York: New York University School of Law, 2020
Craigie, Terry-Ann; et al.
Criminal Disenfranchisement Laws across the United States, Updated August 5, 2020
1v. New York: New York University School of Law, 2020
13 new titles were added, including:
May Man Prevail? An Inquiry into the Facts and Fictions of Foreign Policy
1v. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1961
Fromm, Erich
29 new titles were added, including:
Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare
1v. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959
Russell, Bertrand
Conditions of Peace
1v. New York: Macmillan Company, 1942
Carr, Edward Hallett
Message from the President of the U. States, Recommending an Immediate Declaration of War against Great Britain
1v. Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1812
Perpetual War, the Policy of Mr. Madison
1v. Boston: Printed by Chester Stebbins, 1812
One title was updated and 143 titles were added, including:
Communist Doctrine and the Free World: The Ideology of Communism according to Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin
1v. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1952
Fisher, Marguerite J.
Effect of War on Contract: Being an Attempted Analysis of the Doctrine of Discharge of Contract by Impossibility of Performance, with a Resume of the Principal Cases Decided in the English Courts during the Present War
1v. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917
MacKinnon, F. D.
Fall of the Dynasties: The Collapse of the Old Order, 1905-1922
1v. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1963
Taylor, Edmond
Legend of the Founding Fathers
1v. New York: New York University Press, 1956
Craven, Wesley Frank
15 new titles were added, including:
Drones: A Legal Research Guide
1v. Getzville: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2019
Fichtelman, Carol A.
Story of My Life
1v. London: John Murray, 1918
Clarke, Edward
There was a substantial update to the U.S. Congressional Documents database. See below for a breakdown.
• 1 new congressional document
• 168 new congressional hearings
• 263 new Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports
• 4 new committee prints
Here are some notable titles:
Congressional Document
Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate, on Russian Active Measures, Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election
5v. Washington, D.C.: Select Committee on Intelligence, 2019-2020
Hearings
Problems of American Small Business: Hearings before the Special Committee to Study and Survey Problems of Small Business Enterprises, United States Senate, Seventy-Eighth Congress, Part 61-70
1v. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1945
Problems of American Small Business: Hearings before the Special Committee to Study and Survey Problems of Small Business Enterprises, United States Senate, Seventy-Eighth Congress, Part 71-83
1v. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1945-1946
Problems of American Small Business: Hearings before the Special Committee to Study and Survey Problems of Small Business Enterprises, United States Senate, Seventy-Eighth Congress, Part 84-86
1v. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1946
Problems of American Small Business: Hearings before the Special Committee to Study and Survey Problems of Small Business Enterprises, United States Senate, Seventy-Eighth Congress, Part 87-99
1v. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1946-1947
Prohibition of Importation of Goods Produced by Convict, Forced, or Indentured Labor: Hearings before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Seventy-First Congress, Third Session, January 27 and 28, 1931
1v. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1931
Protect Citizens against Lynching: Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Sixty-Fifth Congress, Second Session on H. R. 11279, July 12, 1918, Part 2
1v. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1918
CRS Reports
Evidence of Current and Ongoing Voting Discrimination: Hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, First Session, September 10, 2019
Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 2020
Prioritizing Cures: Science and Stewardship at the National Institutes of Health: Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, Second Session, August 23, 2018
Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 2020
Committee Reports
Establishment of a federal unemployment agency.
1v. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1931
Nine titles were updated and 41 new titles were added, including:
Administrative Law Judge Decisions Reports
26v. Nos. 1-207. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 1981-2010
Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs for the Year Ended December 31, 1932: Report by the Government of the United States of America
1v. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1933
Trial Court Performance Standards with Commentary
1v. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, 1997
11 new titles were added, including:
Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act: A Legislative History of Public Law No. 115-264
3v. Getzville: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2020
Manz, William H., Editor
Setting Every Community up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019: A Legislative History of Public Law No. 116-94
2v. Getzville: William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2020
Manz, William H., Editor
Nine new titles were added, including:
President, Office and Powers, 1787-1948: History and Analysis of Practice and Opinion
1v. New York: New York University Press, 1948 3rd ed., rev.
Corwin, Edward S.
Presidential Nominating Politics in 1952
5v. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1954
David, Paul T.; et al.
Check out our October 2020 update to see how many countries have been updated!
40 new titles were added, including:
Age of Napoleon
1v. New York: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1963
Herold, J. Christopher
Enforcing the Intent of the Constitution’s Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses
1v. New York: Fordham University School of Law, 2020
Auchincloss, James; et al.
History of the Reformation in Germany
3v. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845-1847 2nd ed.
Ranke, Leopold; Austin, Sarah, Translator
But wait, there’s more! Access the comprehensive list of all new material added and updated in the October Content Release.