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2025 Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award Winner: Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship
A multigenerational research tool on law librarianship receives prestigious award.
May 22, 2025
May 2025. HeinOnline, a product of William S. Hein & Co., Inc., is pleased to announce that its newest product, Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship, has been named the 2025 recipient of the Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL).
Recognized for its lasting value to the legal research community, this one-of-a-kind bibliographic print and online resource spans more than 30 years of development and represents the most comprehensive annotated collection of law librarianship scholarship ever compiled.
About the AALL Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award
The AALL Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award honors a significant textual contribution to legal literature. Eligible works must be of legal bibliography, legal research texts, and works that advance the field of law librarianship more generally.
About the Award-Winning Database
Developed over the course of three decades by father-daughter editorial team Michael J. Slinger and Sarah C. Slinger, Complete Periodical Literature of Law Librarianship is a foundational research tool created by and for law librarians.
The database includes:
- 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.
This collection is designed to support professionals across public, academic, firm, court, and specialty law libraries in both the U.S. and Canada.
About the Editors
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
- Print and online access: $295.00 (one-time payment)
- Annual Renewal: $65.00
About HeinOnline and William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
HeinOnline is a product of William S. Hein & Co., Inc., a leading publishing company that has been serving the law library community for 100 years. HeinOnline is a premier online research database that provides comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 3,400 multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, international treaties and trials, case law, and much more. Composed of image-based PDFs and available at an affordable price, the wealth of material allows academic institutions, government agencies, law firms, court systems, corporations, and other organizations access to authoritative, true-to-print digital material without the hassle or cost of using multiple research databases. Furthermore, subscriptions to HeinOnline consistently increase in value without added cost as HeinOnline adds daily, weekly, and monthly content while continuously incorporating new artificial intelligence tools for easier research. More information about HeinOnline and William S. Hein & Co., Inc. is available here: home.heinonline.org.
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