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Getting Started

Are you new to HeinOnline? Do you have questions about the basics of HeinOnline research? Follow this guide to get started with our research platform.

ScholarRank

Table of Contents

From within a document, users will find the table of contents on the left-hand side, which includes direct links to each page number.

table of contents when viewing a document in HeinOnline

Citations

When viewing a document, users can select the Cite button to copy or export from multiple citation formats.

Cite button with a quote icon when viewing a document in HeinOnline
various citation options that popup when you select the cite icon

Video Tutorial: How to Use Citations in HeinOnline

ScholarCheck 

When viewing a document, ScholarCheck metrics will be displayed above the table of contents in a color-coded box.

  • Blue: cited by articles
  • Red: cited by cases
  • Green: cited by Restatements of the Law* and other American Law Institute documents
  • Gold: number of times accessed in a rolling 12-month period

ScholarCheck options when viewing a document in HeinOnline

Video Tutorial: How to Use ScholarCheck

Image Toolbar

The image toolbar is located directly above a document and includes the ability to:

  • Automatically download a PDF
  • Download or print the section or a custom page range
  • Email a link to the PDF
  • See the source text of the specific page
  • Create a permalink to the specific page
  • Bookmark the page and organize it with your MyHein Account
  • Search across the document by section, page, volume, or title
  • Navigate between pages
  • Adjust page visibility (zoom, fullscreen, etc.)

the toolbar placed above a document in HeinOnline's interface

Video Tutorial: How to Email a PDF

More Like This

Select the More Like This* button from within this article to view similar articles based on the interesting words found in the original article.

More Like this option located by an icon with a plus sign in the document viewer for HeinOnline

 

Review the list of similar articles and adjust the boost factor on the interesting words as determined by the More Like This algorithm, or enter new terms to change the scope of the results.

More LIke This tool resuts page in HeinOnline

 

*Note: This option may differ depending on the document type selected.

PathFinder

PathFinder is a suite of browse and search tools for subject-specific research, powered by a multi-level subject taxonomy that has been  organized from the ground up based on our initial list of 1,500 "topics." Now called Subjects, these granular research concepts have been categorized into increasingly broad levels. 

As we grow our multidisciplinary content, we continue to enhance methods for its discovery, including ways to more easily utilize our thousands of research concepts in browsing and searching. 

PathFinder can be located in four different places:

  • The Law Journal Library Landing Page
  • The Law Journal Library Advanced Search page
  • Search results within the Law Journal Library
  • Author Profile Pages 

Learn more in our dedicated PathFinder LibGuide.

 

Breadcrumb Trail

Use the breadcrumb trail to navigate back to the title, database homepage, or Welcome Page. Users can also find a LibGuide link for the database, if it exists.

breadcrumb trail located on a document page within HeinOnline underneath the one-box search