25 November 2014
American Law Institute Library
The Restatement of Torts was a prominent part of one of the oral arguments when the Utah Supreme Court visited the Law School a few weeks ago. Restatements are influential secondary sources that …
13 November 2014
HeinOnline Alumni Access
Earlier this year the BYU Law Library entered into an agreement to provide BYU Law Alums with access to HeinOnline's law journal database. This database contains PDF versions of over 1,900 law reviews …
05 November 2014
World Treaty Library
The Law Library is pleased to announce the latest addition to our electronic collection, HeinOnline's World Treaty Library. This new library allows users to search across all the major treaties in the world …
26 June 2014
Hein Search Tip Update
When customers speak, Hein listens and acts--quickly. I recently received an email from HeinOnline's Vice President of Production Development, Shane Marmion, addressing some of the concerns I raised in a recent blog post …
19 June 2014
Hein Search Tip
I love HeinOnline. It's a must-have for all academic legal research. With that said, there are still a few minor things I've learned to work around to make my research experience better. One …
01 April 2014
HeinOnline Alumni Access
The Howard W. Hunter Law Library is excited to announce that it can now offer BYU Law Alums access to HeinOnline's law journal database. This database contains PDF versions of over 1,900 law …
10 February 2014
Citations to Old Cases
Last week I blogged about the HeinOnline/Fastcase partnership. One of the things I've noticed as I've been looking at the cases provided by Fastcase in HeinOnline is that Hein's ScholarCheck (its version of …
05 February 2014
Cases in HeinOnline
A recent partnership between HeinOnline and Fastcase now provides access to cases within HeinOnline. Until now, HeinOnline users have only had access to cases from the U.S. Reports. The Fastcase integration allows HeinOnline …
30 September 2013
Downloading on HeinOnline
I noticed the other day that HeinOnline changed their printer icon for a download icon. This makes a lot of sense because the articles always had to be downloaded first before you could …
05 September 2013
Immigration Law & Policy
Immigration law and policy is always a hot topic in the U.S. In order to provide additional resources for research in the area of immigration law and policy, the law library has recently …
14 August 2013
Foreign & Comparative Law Collection
The Law Library has recently subscribed to the Parker School of Foreign & Comparative Law Collection on HeinOnline. This collection features a number of works on foreign and comparative law, including American-German Private …
01 May 2013
Historical State Statutes
HeinOnline is a great place to go for historical legal materials. Hein has recently added to its impressive collection by making available State Statutes: A Historical Archive. This library has superseded statutes for …
22 January 2013
History of SCOTUS Nominations
Nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States are always a hot topic - especially in law school. With President Obama's reelection and the recent inauguration, the topic of potential SCOTUS picks …
10 January 2013
Congress and the Courts
The Law Library recently added a new HeinOnline library - Congress and the Courts. This library provides access to legislative materials dealing with the composition and structure of Article III courts. If you're …
31 October 2012
Congress and the Courts
Article III of the Constitution begins "The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time …
22 May 2012
State AG Opinions
The Law Library has recently acquired access to the State Attorney General Reports & Opinions database on HeinOnline. This database has the AG reports and opinions for all 50 states as well as …
08 March 2012
Searching HeinOnline
HeinOnline is one of the most popular databases we offer--and rightfully so. Its vast collection of pdf legal materials creates an incredible tool for researchers (especially those of you doing source pulls). While …
09 February 2012
State Session Laws
The Utah Legislature is currently in session. Bills are being introduced, discussed, debated, amended, and some will ultimately be passed, signed by the Governor and become law. Once they become law they will …
