We are proud to announce that HeinOnline’s Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award. As the most comprehensive resource ever compiled on law librarianship, this unique database features over 5,000 meticulously annotated articles designed to illuminate the profession’s past, inform its present, and inspire its future.
About the Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award
Established by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award recognizes a significant textual contribution to legal literature. It honors “works of legal bibliography, legal research texts, and works that advance the field of law librarianship more generally.”
A Tool Built by Law Librarians for Law Librarians
The Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship is more than a database: it’s a foundational research tool designed by and for law librarians. Developed over a three-decade period, this collection reflects a career-spanning dedication to advancing access, scholarship, and practice. Whether you’re writing an article, mentoring new librarians, teaching legal research, or developing a strategic plan, this tool puts relevant, credible, and targeted information at your fingertips.
Subscribers of the Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship take advantage of:
- Comprehensive Annotations: Say goodbye to irrelevant results. Each of the 5,000+ articles included in this database are carefully annotated by the editors.
- Searchable Subject Headings: Filter and browse articles by Library Type, Subject, and Significance—three dimensions that reflect how law librarians actually work and what they need to find.
- Target Audience Categories: Discover articles tailored to your professional environment and streamline your research by focusing on articles most relevant to your needs.
- Significance Ratings: Each article is assigned a significance rating —Landmark, Continuing Value, or Historical Value—to help users quickly identify materials of greatest relevance and impact.
- Bibliographies & Guides: Find hundreds of supplementary bibliographies that are listed in a dedicated section of the database.
- HeinOnline Article Integration: Access full text of more than 90% of the articles in the Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship.
Trusted by Leaders in the Field
“The Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship is a game-changing resource for anyone researching the field. Painstakingly compiled over decades by Michael J. Slinger and Sarah C. Slinger, this unparalleled tool distills and annotates over 5,000 articles spanning the history of the profession—covering every major author, topic, and era. With expertly crafted summaries, subject indexing, and evaluations of each article’s significance, it dramatically simplifies the research process. As a law library historian, writer, and editor, I can’t imagine tackling any issue in law librarianship without it. My only regret is that it wasn’t available sooner.”
Frank G. Houdek
Emeritus Professor, Southern Illinois University Simmons Law School; Former Editor of Law Library Journal (1994–2007); Past President of AALL (1996–97)
An Indispensable Resource, Three Decades in the Making
Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship is the culmination of a 30-year collaboration between father-daughter duo Michael J. Slinger and Sarah C. Slinger, combining deep institutional knowledge with a unique multigenerational perspective. Curated with remarkable precision, this database offers a clear, searchable window into the evolution of law librarianship as a discipline.
Michael J. Slinger, a retired law library director and Emeritus Professor of Law, brings 38 years of professional experience, including leadership roles at renowned institutions like Notre Dame, Suffolk University, Cleveland State University, and Widener University. A seasoned educator and scholar, he has authored numerous articles and is a two-time recipient of the AALL Call for Papers Competition award.
Sarah C. Slinger, Associate Director for Research Services at the University of Georgia School of Law, is an accomplished educator and scholar with experience at institutions including Florida International University, the University of Miami, and the University of Michigan Law School. Her award-winning work spans law librarianship and environmental law, and she actively contributes to the field through academic publications and leadership roles on editorial boards of Law Library Journal and Legal Reference Services Quarterly.
Pricing
Add this award-winning print and online resource to your collection today.
Print & Online Access: $295.00
Annual Renewal: $65.00
- Includes digital access to the HeinOnline database, as well as one copy of the print edition. Updates will be made to the HeinOnline database on an annual basis. No future print edition is planned.
- Subscribers of Spinelli’s Law Library Reference Shelf receive a 10% discount on this database.
- Customers on standing order for the AALL Publication Series will automatically receive the print edition and be granted access to the HeinOnline database.
