LibGuides: History Research Guide: HeinOnline Resource Page

How to Access Hein Online

HeinOnline

150 million pages and 150,000 titles of legal history and government documents. More than 2,400 law-related periodicals (Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, coverage of U.S. Reports from 1754), treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and more.

How to Use HeinOnline

The main interface gives a list of connecting databases within Hein Online. The best ones for History include:

Federal Register Library
History of International Law
Pentagon Papers
Religion and the Law
US Congressional Documents
US Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals
US Federal Legislative History and Library
US Presidential Library
US Supreme Court Library
Women and the Law

Example: Using the US Presidential Library

The United States Presidential Library in HeinOnline Limiters: (Can search by Title, Author, Date, and Subject). Find this feature on the HeinOnline Database Page.

Searchable features of the US Presidential Library:

Compilation of Presidential Documents
Messages and Papers
Public Papers
Impeachment in the United States
Other Related Works (By President Name (i.e., Abraham Lincoln)
External Links (American Presidency Project, Presidential Library-National Archives, etc)