Database Guide - HeinOnline

HeinOnline bridges an important research gap by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more than 2,800 law-related periodicals. In addition to its vast collection of academic journals, HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.

• 1. Go to LibrarySearch 
     
     
  2. Log in using your CCCU username and password. If you are away from campus or connecting with your own device over Wi-Fi, you will need to include @canterbury.ac.uk after your CCCU username.
     
     
  3. Go to Find Databases, then click on H, and finally click on the link to HeinOnline to open it in a new tab.

View the Comprehensive User’s Guide.

You can watch the video below or the tutorial videos in the HeinOnline Knowledge Base.

1. Try searching HeinOnline by following the steps outlined below. You’ll practice using some of the most common functions and be ready to search for information for your assignments.

   1. Go to the Advanced Search.
      
      
   2. Type "international disputes" into the first box, "international law" into the second box, and diplomacy into the third box.
   3. Click on Add field and type "decision making" into the fourth box. 
   4. To search in the full text of all the resources in HeinOnline, change the drop-down menu options on the left to Full Text.
   5. Enter the date range 2020 to 2023 and then click on Search. How many results do you find?
      
      
   6. Using the left-hand Refine Your Search panel, choose Articles from the Section Type menu. How many results remain?
      
      
   7. To limit to only those articles you can download in full text, choose Full Text from the Availability menu in the left-hand panel. How many results remain now?
      
      
   8. Find an interesting article from your results list and see if you can access the full text of the article.
      
      
   9. Reflect on the type of information appearing in your search. How will you use this information in your assignments? How could you make your search more specific?

HeinOnline.org aims to conform to Level A – and strives to meet, where possible, Level AA – of the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). You can download HeinOnline’s accessibility statement here once you are logged in to HeinOnline.

Your Learning and Research Librarian will be able to help you make the best use of online resources. For detailed guidance, book a tutorial via the Learning Skills Hub.