Birds flying high—they know how we feel. 2021 is a new dawn, today is a new day, and we’re feeling good.
So good, in fact, that we’re coming at you again with another whopping content release. Stick around and check out what’s new!
JANUARY 2021 CONTENT RELEASE SUMMARY
Updated databases: 72
New titles: 1,731
New volumes: 2,961
New pages added last month: 917,500
Total pages in HeinOnline: 191,987,636
Highlights from the Past Month
1. We Had to Do It: Looking Back on 2020
Whether you want to or not, 2020 will be a year to remember. Recap the most notable events from the past 12 months and remember the database releases, new features, and enhancements HeinOnline provided through it all.
2. Gatsby Got the Green Light in HeinOnline
At the start of 2021 (as with the dawn of each new year), thousands of U.S. copyrights expired. This year, every single work published in 1925 entered the public domain—most notably, perhaps, the acclaimed classic The Great Gatsby. Learn how to find F. Scott Fitzgerald’s seminal work in HeinOnline.
3. We Offered Free Training on Legislative Histories
HeinOnline holds an uncontested collection of U.S. federal legislative histories from a number of authoritative sources. This month, we offered a free customer training session showcasing how to maximize the U.S. Federal Legislative History Library. View the recording on HeinOnline’s Youtube channel.
Stay tuned to the HeinOnline Blog for info about February’s free training session—How to Use MyHein.
4. World Constitutions Illustrated Received Another Substantial Update
Back in October, we updated researchers on the content that was released in the World Constitutions Illustrated database from July to September 2020. Find out what new documents have been added to this ever-growing database since then in this blog post.
5. We’re Still Expanding the U.S. Congressional Serial Set
Since its initial release in October 2018, more than 7.1 million pages and nearly 9,500 volumes have been added to the Serial Set in HeinOnline. In the past month alone, the Serial Set grew by more than 400 volumes and nearly 220,000 pages. Read up on this month’s Secret of the Serial Set—a dive into the great debate about Puerto Rico’s status as a territory of the United States.
6. North Carolina and Oklahoma Session Laws Completed
We continued our project to index state session laws to the chapter or act level all the way back to inception. Last month, the indexing for North Carolina and Oklahoma was completed. New Hampshire is next on the list.
7. We Celebrated Library Shelfie Day
January 27 marked the 8th annual #LibraryShelfieDay! Started by the New York Public Library, this social media trend gives book lovers the opportunity to share a picture of themselves in front of a library shelf or their own personal collection. We also celebrated by taking a look at all the books we released in the past 12 months.
8. We Talked About GameStop
In a David and Goliath story for the modern era, at-home Reddit-browsing retail investors have taken on the investment firms of Wall Street—and the Redditors, up until recently, were winning. Learn about the unprecedented events of last week with HeinOnline in this recent blog post.
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 9 new journals.
- A new bar journal from the State Bar of Arizona was added to the Bar Journal Library.
- 702 CRS reports, 205 hearings, and 9 committee prints were added to the U.S. Congressional Documents database.
- More than 132 titles were added to the Legal Classics Library, including The Great Gatsby.
- The Serial Set grew by the addition of more than 400 volumes and nearly 220,000 pages.
- Taxation and Economic Reform in America: Parts I and II grew with the addition of nearly 35 titles.
- 34 titles were added to Spinelli’s Law Library Reference Shelf.
- 25 titles were added to World Constitutions Illustrated.
- Religion and the Law grew by 24 titles.
- 15 titles were added to History of International Law.
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 January 2021 Content Release.
