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If you’re interested in using HeinOnline, discovering great research tips and tricks, and expanding your knowledge of a variety of disciplines, the HeinOnline Blog is the place to be. Peruse the blog to stay in the know about new and upcoming databases, features, interface enhancements, and other content. Refresh and refine your understanding of HeinOnline with getting started guides, searching strategies, and other tips and tricks. Finally, discover fascinating content relating to numerous disciplines, including history, law, international relations, criminal justice, human rights, and many more.
It’s Here! The HeinOnline Search Feature You’ve Been Waiting For
Thanks to wonderful suggestions from users Alina Kelly and Jennifer Behrens, users can now search multiple selected databases at once right from their HeinOnline welcome page. Keep reading to learn how to get started.
Discover the Power of AALL’s Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals
The Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals (IFLP), the world’s only multilingual legal journal index. Established as a print resource by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), IFLP has since migrated to HeinOnline and is available as an affordable, cost-effective add-on.
Poison on the Shelves: Federal Product Tampering Laws and the Chicago Tylenol Murders
We are all familiar with the tamper-evident measures found on medicine bottles. They are there not meant to aggravate the headache-addled, but instead serve to prevent very real tragedies. Join us as we explore why and how these safety measures came into effect after the Chicago Tylenol murders.
Featured Database of the Month: American Law Institute Library
The American Law Institute Library is a digital collection that provides easy access to invaluable American Law Institute projects and documents that have influenced modern law and society. In today’s blog post we’re going to take a deeper look at this database and what it has to offer.
Marbury v. Madison: The Most Important Decision in American Constitutional Law
You may have wondered, from where does the Supreme Court derive its power to strike down legislation? To discover the answer, travel with HeinOnline back to the turn of the nineteenth century.
Tip of the Week: How to Locate a Title in HeinOnline
Whether users are trying to locate a publication title or an article title, we have tools to make document retrieval a breeze. Continue reading for a quick tutorial on the various ways to pull up a title in HeinOnline.
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 Disability Rights Movement
Secrets of the Serial Set: The Chinese Exclusion Act
Secrets of the Serial Set: The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
Secrets of the Serial Set: The Killing of Osama bin Laden
Secrets of the Serial Set: The Pacific Theater of World War II
Secrets of the Serial Set: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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