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Tip of the Week: Locating the Statutory Authority of a Regulation

Congress often times will pass a statute and then grant an administrative body or agency the authority to issue rules and regulations based on that law. In today’s Tip of the Week, we’re going to explore how to locate the statutory authority for a regulation using a CFR citation.

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Tip of the Week: Locating Restatements of the Law in HeinOnline

HeinOnline hosts both current and archival Restatements of the Law in its American Law Institute Library. Have you ever tried to use HeinOnline Restatements, and weren’t sure where to begin? No worries! We’ve got four different methods to get you started.

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Tip of the Week: How to Search within Results

Have you ever constructed a search query in HeinOnline that generated a large number of results? Instead of starting from scratch and creating a new query, users can select the Search Within Results button to add additional terms and narrow down results. Let’s take a look at this handy feature!

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Tip of the Week: How to Search Case Law with Fastcase

Fastcase, a leading next-generation legal research service, provides access to case law from additional courts such as federal circuit courts, federal district courts, state appellate courts, and much more. Let’s explore how to search case law with Fastcase in this week’s Tip of the Week!

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Tip of the Week: Using Advanced Search Syntax

Have you ever performed a query in HeinOnline’s main search bar and received too many related results? Learn how to effectively use the main search bar in HeinOnline by utilizing the advanced search syntax and structure tips presented in this blog.

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Tip of the Week: Similar Article Email Alerts

Do you follow an author in HeinOnline who writes on specific subjects? Or are you an author who researches in a certain area? With the use of machine learning and natural language processing tools, users can receive email alerts when articles are added to HeinOnline.

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Tip of the Week: How to Search for a Roll Call Vote

Have you ever wondered how a specific U.S. congressperson voted on an issue? Join us in today’s blog as we explore how to search for a roll call vote in the U.S. Congressional Documents database.

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Tip of the Week: Session Law Locator Tool (and Project Update!)

Do you find yourself browsing through full volumes in the Session Laws Library to locate a specific chapter, act, or page? Use the Session Laws Quick Locator tool to save time and energy! Today’s blog will explore how to utilize this tool and provide an update to the Session Laws indexing project.

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Tip of the Week: Downloading and Printing Large Documents

Have you ever tried to print or download a document from HeinOnline, only to be redirected to a message that says the section exceeds the 200 pages? If you need to download a document that exceeds 200 pages, don’t be discouraged. We’ll walk you through how to get all the pages you need in this blog post!

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Tip of the Week: Locating a Rule in the Federal Register

Do you often find yourself looking for an administrative rule and are not sure where to start in the Federal Register? This week’s tip explores how to search across the Federal Register to find a Final Rule.