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HeinOnline Launches ABA Law Library Collection: Books & Practice Materials Archive
150 Years of ABA History Across More Than 9,000 Titles and 2 Million Pages
June 17, 2026
June 2026. HeinOnline, a product of William S. Hein & Co., Inc., is pleased to announce the launch of the ABA Law Library Collection: Books & Practice Materials Archive, a new database that fully digitizes and preserves decades of American Bar Association books, practice materials, and professional resources.
For the first time, thousands of ABA publications previously available only in print or microfiche are fully searchable within HeinOnline. The collection documents more than 150 years of legal practice, professional development, and organizational history across the American legal profession.
At launch, the database includes more than 5,700 titles, 6,100 volumes, and 1.8 million pages spanning major areas of legal practice, including business law, litigation, criminal justice, administrative law, family law, labor and employment law, intellectual property, taxation, and thousands of additional subjects and ABA sections.
Additional ABA materials are currently being digitized, with the archive expected to reach nearly 9,000 titles upon completion in November 2026.
The collection will continue to grow by approximately 150 titles per year, with a two-year embargo applied to newly published materials.
For more information, visit https://heinonline.com/content/aba-law-library-collection-books-and-practice-materials-archive/
About the Database
For decades, many ABA publications were available only in print volumes or microfiche archives, making discovery and access difficult for researchers and librarians. This collection brings those materials together into a fully searchable digital archive designed for long-term research and preservation.
The database includes:
- Practice Manuals & Handbooks: Access practical guidance through manuals, handbooks, and legal resources supporting practitioners across diverse practice areas.
- Reports & Organizational Records: Explore committee reports, directories, yearbooks, and internal ABA publications documenting decades of legal history.
- CLE & Conference Materials: Support continuing education with CLE materials, conference proceedings, speeches, and policy-focused professional resources.
By combining historical preservation with modern discovery tools, the collection helps researchers access practice-oriented materials that were previously difficult to locate.
Built for Discovery and Catalog Integration
Subscribers receive the full associated MARC records for ingestion into their own library catalogs, supporting seamless integration and more precise discovery across platforms.
- Search by author, title, subject, or ABA section
- Navigate by topic or organizational structure
- Integrate records directly into your library catalog
- Receive continuously maintained MARC records, along with monthly notifications when new records are added to the collection
- Pair structured metadata with full-text search
The result is a research experience that bridges traditional cataloging with modern discovery.
Browse by Subject and ABA Section
Researchers can explore materials by both legal subject area and official ABA organizational structure, reflecting how legal professionals organize and navigate practice areas in real-world research environments.
The database supports browsing and filtering across thousands of subjects, ABA sections, and committees, making it easier to locate relevant practice materials, organizational publications, CLE resources, and historical documents within specific areas of law.
The result is a research experience that bridges traditional cataloging with modern discovery.
- Antitrust Law
- Bankruptcy
- Business Transactions
- Civil Procedure
- Criminal Justice
- Environmental Law
- Estate Planning & Trusts
- Family Law
- Intellectual Property
- Taxation
- + Thousands More Subjects
- Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice
- Section of Antitrust Law
- Section of Business Law
- Section of Criminal Justice
- Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
- Section of Family Law
- Section of Intellectual Property Law
- Section of International Law
- Section of Labor and Employment Law
- Section of Law Practice Management
- + Thousands More Sections & Committees
A Special Thank You
HeinOnline extends special thanks to Alan Keely, retired Associate Director for Collection Services at Wake Forest Law Library, for his invaluable role in making this collection a reality.
Alan authored the MARC records for the original microfiche archive and was an early advocate for transforming the archive into a digital library. His persistence, editorial guidance, and patience helped make these important materials more discoverable for the online era.
About HeinOnline and William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
HeinOnline is a product of William S. Hein & Co., Inc., a leading publishing company that has been serving the law library community for 100 years. HeinOnline is a premier online research database that provides comprehensive coverage from the inception of more than 3,400 multidisciplinary periodicals, essential government documents, international treaties and trials, case law, and much more. Composed of image-based PDFs and available at an affordable price, the wealth of material allows academic institutions, government agencies, law firms, court systems, corporations, and other organizations access to authoritative, true-to-print digital material without the hassle or cost of using multiple research databases. Furthermore, subscriptions to HeinOnline consistently increase in value without added cost as HeinOnline adds daily, weekly, and monthly content while continuously incorporating new artificial intelligence tools for easier research. More information about HeinOnline and William S. Hein & Co., Inc. is available here: heinonline.com
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