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eResource Tools

This guide intends to provide access and instruction in the use of a variety of electronic resources and service to support the scholarship and curricular activities of FIU Law students.

About HeinOnline

 

HeinOnline is an online fully-searchable, image-based research database, providing comprehensive coverage to U.S. and foreign legal materials, including legal journals, U.S. Reports back to 1754, famous world trials dating back to the early 1700′s, legal classics from the 16th to the 20th centuries, the United Nations and League of Nations Treaty Series, all United States Treaties, the Federal Register from inception in 1936, the CFR from inception in 1938, and more. HeinOnline provides the images of the original documents in PDF format just as they appear in the print format.

Tutorials

Training guides, videos and webinars are found on the Help page of the database. Listed below are a few selected titles:

Searching in HeinOnline

Hein’s ScholarCheck

Using the Code of Federal Regulations · 

Using the Federal Register Library

Searching the Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

Searching the Law Journal Library

Using the United Nations Law Collection

Using the United States Code

Searching U.S. Congressional Documents