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U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals

This database features reports, decisions, and records, this database is a complete collection of the official case law of the most important U.S. federal agencies.

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Main Search Bar Tips

  • The main search bar is stationary throughout HeinOnline
  • Once inside the World Trials database, the search bar will search only within this database, unless the Search All Databases box is ticked
  • Need something more robust? Click Advanced Search to perform a search using custom drop-downs
  • Need a refresher on how to construct a perfect search? Click Search Help for a quick reference guide to commonly used search syntax

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Using the Main Search Bar

  • For example, enter the phrase "occupational safety" inside quotation marks into the search bar
    • Select where you want to search for your query: as an Author, appearing in the Title of any document or article, as a Citation, or in our Catalog as a title. Want to see your search in any of these fields, or appearing in the full text of a document? Select Just search for

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  • Use the facets on the left side of the page to narrow your results by Date, Document Type, Title, Subjects, or Agency
  • Terms matching the search query appear in bold text within the matching text page snippets
  • Sort search results by relevance, volume date, or title
  • Save to your MyHein account, email a result, display download options, or download a PDF using the icons on the right side of each search result
  • Use the icons next to the sort-by bar to modify your current search, to search within results, to toggle all matching text pages, or to turn OFF infinite scroll

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Using Advanced Search

  • Click Advanced Search to be taken to a page with custom facets to help maximize your research within this collection
  • Use the drop-downs to choose a variety of ways to search: Text, Title, Description, and/or Date 
    • Add another search field if three isn't enough
  • Pick an Agency, Citation, or Title to search within
  • Restrict results within a date range and change how results are sorted

example of an advanced search within the U.S. Federal Agency database

About Venn Diagram Search

HeinOnline's Venn Diagram Search offers a visual representation of how search terms interact with each other to help users both refine their current search terms and become better researchers going forward. 

Searches are constructed by stringing together multiple terms separated by the Boolean operator "AND," with phrases grouped together in quotation marks. For example, let's search for "antitrust enforcement" AND policy AND health AND mandate. 

The results displayed on the right side of the page pertain to the search as we originally constructed it (represented by the red slice in the center of the intersecting circles). If we're interested in the results in the other circles, select Clear for the ability to hover over the different segments of the diagram. Once Clear is clicked, the results will vanish from the right side of the page. Now as users hover over the diagram they will see all possible search term combinations from our original query. Click one of these highlighted circles or intersections to explore their results. 

Similar to other search results in HeinOnline, you can sort the results for relevance, date, or title. Icons to the right of the results allow you to download a PDF of the section, print, email a PDF link to a friend/colleague, or bookmark the item in your MyHein account.