Hein Online
- Access Hein Online
- If you are attempting to access the databases from OFF-CAMPUS, you must be an NIU student, faculty or staff and first authenticate using the NIU VPN. For instructions on setting up a VPN connections see the Authentication/VPN Process FAQ.
Hein On-line offers full-text in PDF images of legal periodical articles, court reports, federal and state statutes, federal administrative regulations, presidential documents, classic legal treatises, and more. The database is a work in progress and is constantly being updated and expanded.
Search Tips
Hein Online offers access through Browsing or Searching:
- Browsing by Journal Title provides a complete alphabetical list of the titles available on Hein Online and an overview of coverage periods for each title.
- Browsing by Author provides an alphabetical list by author's last name along with the title and official citation.
- Browsing by Article Title provides an alphabetical list of article titles along with the author of the article and the official citation.
- Author/Title Search allows you to enter key words in the author name or article title.
- Full Text Search
- Official Citation Search allows you to search by citation. Enter the volume number, select the journal from the pull-down menu, and then enter the page number.
Use the Boolean operators AND and Or to narrow your search. Hein Online automatically looks for most regular plurals.
Printing Tips
You can print a page or article, or e-mail the page or article to someone.
- To print, click Page or Section and use your browser's Print function.
- To e-mail, click Page or Section, click File, then click Send, followed by Page By E-mail.
Additional Tips
Tips for searching, printing, navigation and the use of specific collections within HeinOnline can be found on their blog at http://heinonline.blogspot.com/2008/12/heinonlines-tip-of-week-recap-of-all.html .
