{"id":3144,"date":"2019-10-02T20:42:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T20:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2019-10-02T20:42:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T20:42:48","slug":"explore-legal-resources-with-heinonline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/2019\/10\/02\/explore-legal-resources-with-heinonline\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Legal Resources with HeinOnline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Curious about Constitutional law?\u00a0 Questions about <em>quid pro quo<\/em>? Head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.atu.edu\/heinonline\">HeinOnline\u2019s Government Politics and Law for Academics<\/a> from our <a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.atu.edu\/az.php\">A-to-Z Databases page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.atu.edu\/heinonline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Heinonline1.png?resize=650%2C138\" alt=\"Screenshot of HeinOnline's database for legal resources\" width=\"650\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HeinOnline is the world&#8217;s largest fully searchable, image-based government document and legal research database. It contains comprehensive coverage from inception of both U.S. statutory materials, U.S. Congressional Documents and more than 2,300 scholarly journals, all of the world&#8217;s constitutions, all U.S. treaties, collections of classic treatises and presidential documents, and access to the full text of state and federal case law powered by Fastcase.<\/p>\n<p>Browse databases by category or navigate directly to the collections included in HeinOnline.\u00a0 Noteable collections include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fastcase<\/strong> \u2013 A comprehensive, nationwide law library, including case law, statutes, regulations, court rules, constitutions, and law review articles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Code of Federal Regulations<\/strong> &#8211; The Federal Register is a primary source for United States federal government agencies\u2019 proposed rules, final rules, changes to existing rules and notices, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Pentagon Papers<\/strong> &#8211; A United States Department of Defense history of the United States&#8217; political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gun Regulation and Legislation in America<\/strong> &#8211; Brings together periodicals, key compiled federal legislative histories, relevant congressional hearings, CRS Reports, Supreme Court briefs, and more dealing with this difficult and important topic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. Code<\/strong> &#8211; This collection includes complete coverage of the United States Code dating back to inception in 1925-1926.<\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. Congressional Documents<\/strong> &#8211; features the complete Congressional Record bound volume set (1873-present) as well as its three predecessor titles: Annals of Congress (1789-1824), Register of Debates (1824-1837) and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873).<\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. Congressional Serial Set<\/strong> \u2013 Records in this series include House and Senate Documents, House and Senate Reports, and much more. The reports are usually from congressional committees dealing with proposed legislation and issues under investigation. Spans two centuries and includes 17,000 bound volumes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>U.S. Supreme Court Library<\/strong> &#8211; Complete coverage of the official U.S. Reports bound volumes as well as preliminary prints, slip opinions, and books and periodicals related to the U.S. Supreme Court are included.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Democracy in America<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 A digital, interactive edition of Alexis de Tocqueville\u2019s classic work describing his observations and reflections on democracy in America\u2019s society.<\/li>\n<li><strong>And <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.heinonline.org\/az.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">much much more<\/a>\u2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Searching in the full-text field will bring up articles, cases, ebooks, and more that can be filtered on location, organization, topic, title or date.\u00a0 You can sort results by times cited by articles, cases, times accessed, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.heinonline.org\/kb\/how-is-scholarcheck-rank-scholarrank-determined\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Heinonline2a.png?resize=475%2C197\" alt=\"Screenshot of article sorting options like Number of Times Cited By Cases, Scholar Check Rank, Date, Number of Times accessed\" width=\"475\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Full-text for articles constitute the digital version\u2014complete with photos and formatting found in the original versions.\u00a0 Each article result also includes tools for citation, saving, linking, and suggesting more articles by topic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.heinonline.org\/kb\/topics-and-entities-in-heinonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3148 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Heinonline3b.png?resize=816%2C290\" alt=\"Screenshot depicting Topic suggestions and article saving tools\" width=\"816\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are just searching for case law, including Arkansas cases, use the Advanced Search feature under the tab \u201cCase Law\u201d to search <em>Fastcase<\/em> to search court cases by keyword, case name, court, date, state and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/help.heinonline.org\/kb\/case-law-in-heinonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3149 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/10\/Heinonline4b.png?resize=585%2C341\" alt=\"Screenshot of searching options for case law\" width=\"585\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOTE: If you are looking the <em>Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated<\/em>, please see the freely online version at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.arkansas.gov\/agency\/bureau-of-legislative-research\/service\/arkansas-code-search-laws-and-statutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/portal.arkansas.gov\/agency\/bureau-of-legislative-research\/service\/arkansas-code-search-laws-and-statutes\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more help using HeinOnline, see their Help menu for live chat, searchable <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/help.heinonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">knowledge base<\/a><\/strong>, and helpful <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.heinonline.org\/?b=g&amp;d=a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Libguides<\/a><\/strong> that link you to more information by collection.\u00a0 You can also browse their collection of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/help.heinonline.org\/article-categories\/training-videos-heinonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">training videos<\/a><\/strong> teaching you how to search and browse the database.<\/p>\n<p>Have legal questions?\u00a0 You should consult an attorney\u2014librarians are not allowed to give legal advice.\u00a0 But we can help you search HeinOnline or locate other sources of legal and scholarly information.\u00a0 Just <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/libguides.atu.edu\/research\/help\/askus\">Ask Us<\/a><\/strong>!\u00a0 It would be a crime not to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curious about Constitutional law?\u00a0 Questions about quid pro quo? 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