Overview of Collections

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Code of Federal Regulations
HeinOnline coverage is comprehensive and begins from inception (1938). Multiple browsing and searching features are available. CFR content is accessible from HeinOnline's Federal Register library module.
English Reports
The English Reports online edition from HeinOnline delivers exact page-images of the original bound reprint edition (containing more than 100,000 cases), together with the Indexes and Book of Charts to complete the collection. Additionally, multiple navigation tools, such as a Case Locator, Chart Tool, and an Advanced Search feature, enhance the ease of access to specific cases.
European Center for Minority Issues
The ECMI conducts practice-oriented research, provides information and documentation, and offers advisory services concerning minority-majority relations in Europe. Through special arrangement, HeinOnline contains several publications of the ECMI, including ECMI Reports and Working Papers.
Federal Register Library
HeinOnline's Federal Register coverage is comprehensive and begins from inception (1936). Multiple browsing and searching features are available, as well as additional content such as the CFR from inception (1938) as well as the United States Government Manual from inception (1935) and the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents from inception (1965).
Foreign & International Law Resources Database
With HeinOnline's FILRD, researchers can easily search or browse online through the treasures of some of the world's best international law publications, from the in-depth coverage of publications of the American Society of International Law and prominent Yearbooks from around the world to the Hague Permanent Court of International Justice series and the publications of dozens of other highly respected publishers. HeinOnline's FILRD collection is available with a content ownership option.
International Law Association Reports
The ILA Reports of Conferences are available from inception (1873) in HeinOnline and may be purchased as a stand-alone subscription item or can be accessed by subscribers of HeinOnline's FILRD collection
Law Journal Library
Contains more than 1,200 law and law-related periodicals. Coverage is from the first issue published for all periodicals and goes up to the most current issue allowed based on contracts with publishers. Therefore, in some cases the current issues are available, but generally a user will notice a one-volume delay. Searching can be done by title or author name; full-text searching of the collection or select periodicals is also available, and date ranges may be entered to narrow the search results. Sub-collections of the Law Journal Library are also available for those institutions wishing to subscribe to fewer periodicals.
Legal Classics
More than 1,000 works from some of the greatest legal minds in history can be found in HeinOnline's Legal Classics Library. In addition to many "classics," this collection also includes rare items that are found in only a handful of libraries around the world.
New York Court of Appeals Records and Briefs
The New York Court of Appeals Records and Briefs collection in HeinOnline contains coverage from 1 NY3d and is available at no charge to microfiche subscribers of this title. Future releases will include retrospective coverage and new records and briefs as published from New York state.
Philip C. Jessup Library
Through special arrangement with the International Law Students Association (ILSA), the Jessup collection in HeinOnline provides access to all of the top moot court competitions since 1960. In addition, several publications of ILSA are also available. Bound volume subscribers of the Moot Court Competition Compendium receive complimentary online access to this HeinOnline collection, while for others access is available on an annual subscription basis.
Political Science Journals
Designed for academic institutions without law schools, content (covering political science, international relations, public policy, government, history, criminal justice, law [pre-law and paralegal] and business) includes, at a minimum, 50 influential periodicals, such as Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal and California Law Review; plus, a minimum of two libraries of your choice from our entire HeinOnline collection. HeinOnline PoliSci is available in several different packages, each tailored to the size and needs of the institutional subscriber.
  • Political Science Journals (Basic)
  • Political Science Journals (Plus)
  • Political Science Journals (Premium)
Session Laws
HeinOnline's digital Session Laws collection contains the session laws of all 50 U.S. states (as well as the Acts of the Parliament of Canada) from approximately 2003 to present. Future releases in HeinOnline will include new session laws as published as well as expanded coverage of historical session laws prior to 2003. In addition to an online-only subscription, content ownership options are also available.
Treaties and Agreements Library
HeinOnline's Treaties and Agreements Library includes ALL U.S. treaties, whether currently in-force, expired, or not-yet officially published. This is the world's largest and most complete online collection of U.S. treaties and agreements and includes such prominent collections as the United States Treaties and Other International Agreements set (commonly referred to as the "Blue set"), as well as famous sets from Bevans, Miller, Malloy and others.
U.S. Attorney General Opinions
Included in this collection are the official opinions of the U.S. Attorney General (both the Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States as well as the Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice).
U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
In addition to the inclusion of actual federal legislative histories published by the U.S. GPO and private publishers, HeinOnline's U.S. Federal Legislative History Library also includes a unique finding aid based on Nancy Johnson's award-winning work, Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories. Researchers should begin their U.S. federal legislative history research with this finding aid, which often includes references to law review articles on-point to a particular legislative history.
U.S. Presidential Library
HeinOnline's U.S. Presidential Library includes such titles as Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Public Papers of the Presidents, CFR Title 3 (Presidents), Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, and other documents related to U.S. presidents.
U.S. Statutes at Large
Complete coverage of the Statutes at Large can be found in this HeinOnline collection, and multiple browsing and search features enhance the online value over the paper volumes.
U.S. Supreme Court Library
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 in HeinOnline's U.S. Supreme Court Library.
World Trials Library
In addition to trial transcripts, HeinOnline's World Trials Collection also includes monographs that analyze and debate famous trials, as well as biographies of some of the greatest trial lawyers in history.

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