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HeinOnline is a specialized legal research platform offering a vast collection of legal periodicals with comprehensive coverage. In addition to access to case law resources, users can utilize advanced search capabilities, Fastcase integration for links to cases, and ScholarCheck for citation information. The platform also allows users to set up personalized accounts to save bookmarks and receive email alerts on new content.
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HeinOnline Overview Presenter: Julie Tedjeske, J.D., M.L.S., M.S.I.S. Electronic Resources and Instructional Services Librarian Duquesne Center for Legal Information tedjeskej@duq.edu
The Welcome Screen Help includes chat, email, a Knowledge Base, and Quimbee videos. Main Search Bar Icon button to return to Welcome Screen Databases are organized by category and by name.
Homepage Within A Database Searches are limited to the Law Journal Library. Note the information icon and the Quick Reference Guide You can get a list of journals in a particular subject. Scroll over icons to see what they mean Volume and cross-reference information
Main Screen Within an Individual Journal or Other Source You can search in a resource or in the entire database. Expand an issue to see the article level.
Table of Contents and Page View The image tool bar lets you download, print, and email links. You can also page through the document. Your article in the context of the entire issue.
MyHein (1 of 4) Users can create MyHein accounts to save bookmarks and to set up email Table of Contents alerts.
MyHein (2 of 4) The MyHein bookmark symbol.
MyHein (3 of 4) An example of bookmarks in a MyHein account.
MyHein (4 of 4) The link to set up an electronic Table of Contents alert.
Sample Search Remember to use ALL CAPS for Boolean operators. The default search order is relevance. Searches results can be further limited.
More Like This (1 of 2) More Like This is available in the Law Journal Library. It finds similar articles.
More Like This (2 of 2) More Like This is available in the Law Journal Library. It finds similar articles. You can refine the More Like This search results.
Fastcase Integration (1 of 3) Fastcase and HeinOnline have an agreement whereby HeinOnline contains links to cases from Fastcase.
Fastcase Integration (3 of 3) CAVEAT/REMINDER: Fastcase’s Authority Check (featuring the Bad Law Bot) may identify cases that have been reversed or overturned, but it relies on computer algorithms to do so. In other words, the absence of a red flag in Fastcase does not necessarily mean that a case is still good law. You should still use a citatory such as Shepard’s or Keycite.
Searching Within an Individual Journal or Other Source Remember that you can search within a particular resource, as well as within a database or across all HeinOnline content.
Scholar Check ScholarCheck lets you know how often an article has been accessed, cited by other articles, cited by cases, or cited in ALI publications.
Search by Citation You can build a citation using the Citation Navigator.
Summary • HeinOnline is not a comprehensive legal research tool like Westlaw and Lexis Advance. Its strengths are in the collection of legal periodicals, where it often has a greater scope of coverage than Westlaw or Lexis Advance. • HeinOnline also provides an image-based system, where the original graphics, layout, and pagination are kept intact. • When searching in HeinOnline, remember that Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) must be capitalized. Also remember the “More Like This” feature within the main Law Journal Library. • HeinOnline has a special relationship with Fastcase that provides links to caselaw. Users should be aware that Fastcase does not have a robust citator similar to Shepard’s or Keycite. • ScholarCheck provides citation information and Author Profiles provide background information on authors. • Users can set up MyHein accounts to keep track of bookmarks as well as to set up eTOC alerts.
