HeinOnline – Reference at Newman Library

New Content in HeinOnline on LGBTQ+ Rights

HeinOnline just expanded our access to include a collection of legal and historical materials that surrounding the efforts in the United States to define and defend LGBTQ+ rights:

LGBTQ+ Rights charts the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today. Topics covered include the Defense of Marriage Act, the AIDS crisis, military service by gay and transgender service members, “bathroom bills,” and more. A separate subcollection presents historical texts whose views some readers may find offensive today, showing the prejudicial beliefs that permeated society and helped formed the laws of their time.

Over the years, HeinOnline has been adding all kinds of topical legal materials and government documents that offer a historical perspective on key issues in American history. When you first go to HeinOnline, you can drill down to one of these specific collections by selecting from the dropdown menu in the search bar or by clicking the collection from the list lower down on the page:

HeinOnline landing page listing collections.

Please share news of this new collection with faculty in relevant departments.

New Database: Military & Government Collection (HeinOnline)

This database from HeinOnline offers ebooks, journal articles, special reports, government documents, and legal documents, all relating to the history and administration of the armed forces in the United States. A link to it can be found on the A-Z databases page and on the Government – Databases page. The contents of the database aren’t yet indexed by Alma or Primo, which means the only way to find and use the content is by searching directly in the database.

Here’s a video overview from HeinOnline about this new database:

New Database: HeinOnline

The HeinOnline database that we had on trial last year is now something we’re subscribed to. The interface may also look familiar to you for another reason: for a while we have had access to a few archival collections on that platform:

Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law (added in 2017)
Gun Regulation and Legislation in America (added in 2020)

We now have the complete “academic” package that includes many more collections, each of which is described in detail on the company LibGuide (note that the LibGuide describes some collections that aren’t part of our subscription).

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
Brennan Center for Justice Publications at NYU School of Law
Civil Rights and Social Justice
Code of Federal Regulations
COVID-19: Pandemics Past and Present
Criminal Justice & Criminology
Executive Privilege
Federal Register Library
Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS)
GAO Reports and Comptroller General Decisions
History of International Law
History of Supreme Court Nominations
John F. Kennedy Assassination Collection
Law Journal Library
Legal Classics
NOMOS: American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
Pentagon Papers
Religion and the Law
Reports of U.S. Presidential Commissions and Other Advisory Bodies
U.S. Code
U.S. Congressional Documents
U.S. Congressional Serial Set
U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals
U.S. Federal Legislative History Library
U.S. Presidential Impeachment Library
U.S. Presidential Library
U.S. Statutes at Large
U.S. Supreme Court Library
U.S. Treaties and Agreements Library
Women and the Law (Peggy)
World Constitutions Illustrated

Links to HeinOnline can be found on:

The contents of our newly subscribed collections can also be found now in OneSearch (at the article, journal, or book level depending on the document).

Please share news of this subscription with faculty you work with.

Database Trial: HeinOnline Academic

Description (from the vendor)

Includes more than 100 million pages of multidisciplinary content in more than 100 subject areas, including history, political science, criminal justice, religious studies, international relations, women’s studies, pre-law, and many more. With more historical content than any other database, HeinOnline provides access to 300+ years of information on political development and the complete history of the creation of government and legal systems around the world. Among the many databases included, HeinOnline’s journal collection features nearly 2,800 periodicals relating to a variety of subject areas, with all coverage dating from inception to the most currently published issues in most cases.

Trial Ends
December 15, 2020

Access
On and off campus. Database is listed on the Trials tab on the databases page.

Feedback
Please share with any faculty who might be interested and recommend they use the trial feedback form (also linked to on the Trials tab on the databases page).

New Database: Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law

We now have access to “Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law,” a new database from HeinOnline containing primary source legal materials about slavery. Here’s the vendor’s description:

This HeinOnline collection brings together a multitude of essential legal materials on slavery in the United States and the English-speaking world. This includes every statute passed by every colony and state on slavery, every federal statute dealing with slavery, and all reported state and federal cases on slavery.

For more information, check out this quick reference guide (pdf) from HeinOnline.

Links to this database can be found on our A-Z page as well as the following subject database pages: history, black studies, and Caribbean studies.