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North Korea and the Nuclear Crisis
North Korea recently made threats about a possible nuclear war, claiming that they have successfully built an intercontinental ballistic missile. While this is considered current news, history proves this conflict is nothing new. Let’s dive in and explore the history and current conflict.
Serial Killers, Book Deals, and Legal Research
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the arrest of serial killer David Berkowitz, more famously known as “Son of Sam” or the “.44 caliber killer.” Research the resulting laws, related constitutional issues, and Supreme Court cases on this killer topic in HeinOnline.
Set Your Cites on HeinOnline
HeinOnline consistently strives to improve users’ research experiences by enhancing existing features and developing new tools. HeinOnline is easy to cite from and find citations in, and users are able to export citations to various platforms. Check out some of these cite tools below!
Indexing Our Way Through State Session Laws: An Update
You spoke, we listened. Thanks to feedback from a customer survey, we have enhanced our Session Laws Library by indexing all 50 states to the chapter or act level from 2000 to date.
New Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing Tools in HeinOnline
HeinOnline has just begun to work on new research tools and concepts that will help both novice and experienced researchers make the most of its content by using natural language processing and machine learning tools, combined with custom concepts specific to HeinOnline.
Presidential Pardoning Power
Recently, the Law Librarian Blog posted this short piece on whether or not a president can pardon himself. If a researcher would like to dig a bit deeper into this complicated topic, HeinOnline has a new beta tool which provides users with the ability to quickly and easily retrieve similar articles.
Secrets
of the Serial Set
A HISTORICAL BLOG SERIES
The Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal. The Manhattan Project. The Louisiana Purchase.
In addition to writing about the above topics and more, HeinOnline’s authors are dedicated to illuminating the most essential research resources for their readers.
The Serial Set is a must-have publication for any historical researcher. With more than two centuries of documents spanning more than 17,000 volumes, no other publication so beautifully reflects the maturation of the United States. To demonstrate the value of the Serial Set, we’ve created a blog series dedicated to revealing the historical secrets hidden throughout the immense publication.
Each month, join HeinOnline as we explore notable events in U.S. history using the primary sources themselves.
Secrets of the Serial Set: The Legacy of the Wright Brothers
Secrets of the Serial Set: The Stock Market Crash of 1929
Secrets of the Serial Set: The Sinking of the Titanic
Secrets of the Serial Set: Aaron Burr’s Conspiracy
Secrets of the Serial Set: The Impeachment of Bill Clinton
Secrets of the Serial Set: The Lewis and Clark Expedition
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