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HeinOnline in the Classroom: Building Good Searches

This installment of HeinOnline in the Classroom features an activity on building searches, advice on using our MyHein feature in your classroom, and more tips and tricks for college-level educators.

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Tip of the Week: How to Find a Preamble in the Federal Register

Do you often find yourself looking for the preamble of a final rule and don’t know where to start in the Federal Register? In this blog post, we’ll explore various techniques for searching across the Federal Register to find a preamble.

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Tip of the Week: How to Use the Image Toolbar

HeinOnline’s image toolbar allows users to perform a variety of functions inside any HeinOnline document. Within the image toolbar, users can print or download a document, search across the text, find similar articles, and much more.

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Outline Your Research with PowerNotes

Did you know you can also use PowerNotes when researching in HeinOnline? PowerNotes is a browser extension designed to help researchers gather, organize, and track their research so they’re in the best position to start writing. 

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All About HeinOnline’s Integration with Fastcase

To create an authoritative case law database, HeinOnline has partnered with Fastcase, a leading next-generation legal research service that features powerful “best-case-first” tools that make case law research faster than ever.

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Tip of the Week: How to Cite Check with HeinOnline

Imagine you’re a second-year law student and you’ve been assigned with the task to cite check a soon-to-be published article. This task can seem daunting to a student, but with HeinOnline it’s actually pretty simple! Learn more in this blog.

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5 Simple Tips to Improve Your Research

It’s the morning and you’re well rested, sitting down at your computer with your coffee ready to start your research. And suddenly you hit a road block. Where do you start? We’re here to share some quick tips to improve your research.