For those HeinOnline users who prefer to search using the Field Search, we've added a small but powerful option to this search page. The 'NOT' operator is now a selectable option in addition to the AND/OR operators you are used to using. 
The 'NOT' operator is used in a search the same way that you would use the AND/OR operators. Simply select the NOT option from the drop box. The NOT operator is different because it functions as an exclusionary tool. This can be quite useful in weeding out search results that are very similar to the topic you are looking for, but are actually irrelevant to your search and just diluting the results that you really want. A simple example of how this works is explained in the short video below.
Again, this is just a simple example of how the NOT operator can function. When used correctly, the NOT operator can be a highly effective tool in narrowing your research to the relevant results you need. The NOT operator has always been available for users searching with the Advanced Search. If you'd like to learn more about searching in HeinOnline, we recommend taking a look at some of the training guides in the HeinOnline Wiki.
'NOT' Operator Added to HeinOnline's Field Search
WEBINAR: Wednesday, 9/23 - Still Time To Register! Taxation and Economic Reform in America
- General overview of the content
- Browsing all titles, or browsing only the taxation or only the economic reform titles
- Searching all titles, or searching only the taxation or only the economic reform titles - includes examples of full text searching and how to search across the title or description of a document
- Internal Revenue Acts of 1909-1950 (Carlton Fox Collection) - Using the custom browsing tool to browse by volume, act, House/Senate reports, House/Senate documents, bill number, or public law number
- Internal Revenue Acts of 1909-1950 (Carlton Fox Collection) - How to search by public law number, document type, House bill number, description, or full text using the custom search option
- Internal Revenue Acts of 1909-1950 (Carlton Fox Collection) - Hein's ScholarCheck integration
- How to view the cumulative contents for a specific act
The webinar is being hosted at 10:00 a.m. EDT and 2:00 p.m. EDT (United States & Canada). Also, as we do with all of our webinars, if you can't make it, we will record the session and post the link on our Webinars page on the Wiki after which you can watch it anytime.
Click here to register for the 10:00 a.m. EDT session.
Click here to register for the 2:00 p.m. EDT session.
HeinOnline's Federal Register Coverage is Now Updated Daily
The Federal Register in HeinOnline just keeps getting better. Regular users of HeinOnline's Federal Register Library already know that with coverage starting in 1936, HeinOnline has the most comprehensive coverage of the Federal Register available online. Now, HeinOnline's coverage is updated daily with the most current Federal Register content available!
HeinOnline has had Federal Register coverage back to 1936 for several years now, but restrictions in our production process limited how quickly we could get new Federal Register days online. Recently, those production restrictions were eliminated, and starting at the end of July HeinOnline began updating the Federal Register on a daily basis. This means that you are now able to access yesterday’s Federal Register today! This current content is completely browseable, full-text searchable, and image-based, just like all other content in HeinOnline.
All Federal Register content is also accessible via the Citation Navigator. This tool allows users to quickly jump to a page by entering the Federal Register volume and page number they would like to access. Below is a short video showing how this tool is used:
We continue to strive toward making our user’s HeinOnline experience a pleasant and productive one. With expanded coverage of the Federal Register, online educational materials, and enhanced searchability, we believe that we are on the right track. For more posts regarding the Federal Register in HeinOnline, please see the Federal Register section of this blog.
Do you have any suggestions, or questions you would like to share with us? Click the Feedback link located at the top of your HeinOnline page, let us know what’s on your mind.
HeinOnline in the News: Maclean's Uses HeinOnline in Third Annual Law School Rankings Process
Maclean's, a Canadian weekly news magazine reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events, recently released its third annual ranking of Canadian Law Schools. Fifty percent of the overall ranking is determined by faculty quality and the other fifty percent is determined by graduate quality. There are a number of measures taken into account when determining graduate quality, all focusing on the success that each law school has had in producing graduates who go out and land competitive jobs. These measures include elite firm hiring, national reach, Supreme Court clerkships, and faculty hiring.
The other fifity percent of the ranking is determined by faculty quality, which is measured primarily by how many times the law school's professors are cited in legal periodicals. This is where HeinOnline fits in! Maclean's used the HeinOnline Law Journal collection to determine how many times each faculty member was cited in legal periodicals and then related that to the overall size of the school's faculty. For more details about Maclean's Canadian Law Schools ranking, check out the full article at Macleans.ca.
HeinOnline Content Now Includes Hot-linked URLs
For a few years now, HeinOnline has had the "citations on this page" feature available. This tool has allowed HeinOnline users to click a citation on the page they are currently viewing, and link directly to that cited material in HeinOnline.
We have now expanded this feature to include URLs to cited content housed outside of the HeinOnline database. The new hot-linked URLs work in the same manner as the citations have. Clicking a blue highlighted URL will open a new tab in your web browser and load the website. If you would like to turn off the hotlinks, simply click the "Citations on this Page" link located above the page image.
The URLs HeinOnline uses are derived from uncorrected OCR. Additionally, URLs may change over time, thus resulting in broken links. Please be aware that HeinOnline is not responsible for content located outside the HeinOnline database. Each website is the property and responsibility of the website's owner.
The Print/Download Option (Printer Icon) Has Moved in HeinOnline!
Don't be alarmed when you go to click the printer icon in the upper right hand corner of the page toolbar and it's not there! After a significant amount of customer feedback and suggestions, we have moved the printer icon from the far right to the middle of the page toolbar. Now the printer icon is the first icon to the right of the page forward button.
The print/download options are still available from your MyHein saved bookmarks list, as well as from your search results. Those options remain unchanged.
