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Using Hein-On-Line |
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Using Hein-On-Line |
Subscribers. Once your library subscribes, access to Hein-On-Line is determined by the IP
address(es) registered or passwords assigned during the subscription process. Your annual subscription allows for
unlimited use at the registered IP addresses. IP addresses can be added or changed at any time.
Passwords are intended to be shared with only those authorized individuals at
the subscriber's location. To modify your library's list of IP addresses or
passwords, please send an e-mail to the Hein-On-Line Customer Service Department at holsupport@wshein.com, or fax a request to
(716) 883-8100.
THE BASICS OF USING
HEIN-ON-LINE
Although Hein-On-Line contains a multitude of
legal research collections, one of the primary
realizations for the success of the project was that
it must be easy to use and provide the legal
researcher with the most accurate information
based on their needs. The collections within
Hein-On-Line can be accessed in two primary
methods -- browsing and searching.
Browsing
If you wish to Browse Hein-On-Line, you may do
so in several ways, all uniquely suited to the
desires of the legal researcher...
Browse by Journal Title. Browsing by Journal
Title provides a complete, alphabetical list of the
titles available in Hein-On-Line. This feature also
provides an overview of the coverage periods of
each title. By selecting a title from this location,
the researcher is then directed to the complete
collection within the title selected.
Browse by Author. Browsing by Author
provides a list from A to Z by author last
name, along with the title and official citation.
A legal researcher may find this feature
beneficial when they are unsure of the exact
spelling of a particular author's last name.
Selecting this method of browsing will yield
all authors in the entire Hein-On-Line
collection whose last names begin with the
letter requested.
Browse by Article Title. Similar to browse
by Author, browsing by article title provides
an alphabetical list of article titles within the
Hein-On-Line collection, along with the
author of the article and the official citation.
This can be a valuable feature when only the
beginning of a title is known, but not the
complete title of a work. Helpful Hint: The
articles A, An, and The are not considered
when browsing by Title.
Searching
The structure of Hein-On-Line provides a
very efficient method of locating information
within the entire Hein-On-Line collection. The researcher
may perform full-text searches, more narrowly-defined searches such as by
official citation, author, and title, or searches within only one journal title.
Author/Title Search. Enter key words that
you wish to search (either author name
and/or key words of a title) and Hein-On-Line will provide a complete list of all articles
containing the name(s) or term(s) entered.
Utilizing the Boolean operators AND and OR
can help narrow your search.
Full-Text Search. Every word of every page
in Hein-On-Line is accessible by using the
full-text search feature. Simply enter your
search terms and Hein-On-Line will provide
a complete list of all pages where your
search term(s) appear. Please note: There is no need to use
parentheses around search terms, full author
names/titles, and search terms are not case-sensitive.
Singular and Plural Forms of Words. Searching for the singular or plural form of a
word is easy with Hein-On-Line by simply
entering the word or a portion of the word.
For example, when researching articles that
contain Juries or Jury, enter the letters JUR and the search results will provide all
articles
containing these letters.
Searching by Official Citation.
For the
legal researcher who has an official citation
to a particular article, Hein-On-Line offers a
unique, efficient searching technique. By
entering the volume number, selecting the
journal from the menu pull-down, and entering a
page number, the
researcher will quickly locate the exact page
within the collection. Please note: Currently, this search feature
follows Bluebook rule 16.3 (17th ed., page 119) for consecutively paginated
journals. In the event your cite is to a non-consecutively paginated
journal, it is best to use the Author/Title search feature of Hein-On-Line.
The Navigation Toolbar
The Navigation Toolbar remains at the top of
the screen while a researcher is in a
particular volume, allowing them a number of
options. At all times, a researcher will know where
they are within Hein-On-Line. The title of the
journal, volume number, year, and page
number are listed, and a number of options
are available to navigate throughout a
journal. The page number pull down menu
can be used to go directly to a particular
page number within the volume, or the
following features can be utilized for
navigation...
The i button provides a complete electronic
table of contents to the volume chosen by
the researcher, along with links to jump
throughout the volume. The Section arrows allow the researcher to
go directly from one section to the next within
a volume. Because Hein-On-Line includes
everything contained within each and every
issue of a journal including items such as
biographies, book reviews, and other
originally published information, the term Section is used rather than
Articles.
The Page arrows allow the researcher to
scroll through a volume, one page at a time,
forward and backward throughout the
volume.
The Format buttons allow the researcher to
view either the image of the page as it
existed in hardcopy, or the OCR (Optical
Character Recognition) text of the page.
The Size buttons allow the researcher to
increase or decrease the size of the image
page they are viewing. This feature is helpful
when the original text is rather small.
The Search Volume Text Box allows a researcher to
search the words and phrases of the OCR'd
text of the volume.
Printing and
E-Mailing
Another benefit of Hein-On-Line is the ability
to print a page or article or e-mail the page or
file to someone. This feature does not
require any additional software to be
installed. In order to print, simply click Page
or Section, and follow your standard printing
procedures. To e-mail, click Page or Section, click File, then click
Send, followed
by Page by E-Mail.
Please note: The researcher agrees that the
printing of a page or article is to be used for
personal, non-commercial, research
purposes only. Any other use may be in
violation of the copyright laws of the United
States or other country(ies). Please refer to the
Terms of Use in the licensing agreement for
more information.
Additional Information
Customer Support is available in several
ways. From the Hein-On-Line homepage,
click on Feedback and e-mail us for
assistance; or call Hein-On-Line Customer Service Department at 800-828-7571 or
fax 716/883-8100 Monday
through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(EST).