Agencies that reference Federal Registers, Supreme Court decisions, treaties, or law journals now have access to a valuable resource. The Utah State Law Library (formerly referred to as the Supreme Court Law Library) has announced desktop access to HeinOnline, a legal research database, for Utah state agencies.
To use the service, state employees must access HeinOnline from a computer with a state-assigned IP address. Access HeinOnline at http://www.heinonline.org/HOL/Welcome.
The HeinOnline subscription includes:
- Law Journal Library, with access to more than 900 American, international, and non-U.S. legal periodicals. Most journal coverage begins with v.1 and is within a volume of the most current. By comparison, Lexis and Westlaw coverage generally starts in the mid-1980s.
- Treaties and Agreements Library, which includes all U.S. treaties and agreements in force and expired, in addition to explanatory materials.
- Federal Register Library, which includes the Federal Register (1936- ), Code of Federal Regulations (1938-1983), Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (1965- ), and U.S. Government Manual (1935- ).
- U.S. Supreme Court Library which includes the U.S. Reports (v.1- ) as well as books and journals about the court.
- U. S. Attorney General Opinions Library which includes the Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States (1791-1982) and the Opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the United States Department of Justice (1977-1996).
- U.S. Federal History Library which provides complete legislative histories of dozens of major federal acts.
- U.S. Statutes at Large Library which provides coverage from the beginning of the set, v.1, through v.118 (1789-2004).
- Presidential Library which includes assorted compilations of the papers of the presidents (1896-2001), as well as Title 3 of the CFR (1936-2001).
- Legal Classics Library which includes hundreds of historical American legal treatises.
All documents are fully searchable PDF images, which include all charts, graphs and photos appearing in the original.
Visit the HeinOnline website at http://www.heinonline.org/ and select “Titles Currently Available or in Production” for a complete list of available resources.
Please contact Jessica Van Buren at the Utah State Law Library if you are prompted for a user name and password. You can reach her at 801-238-7991 or jessicavb “at” email.utcourts.gov.
Kudos and thank you to the State Law Library for making this important reference resource available.