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New Feature: Control Your Institution’s Popular Databases
Take control of your HeinOnline homepage with customizable Popular Databases. Highlight what matters to your institution and instantly update the experience for every user signing in through your subscription.

Article Summaries: A New Research Starting Point in HeinOnline
AI-powered Article Summaries in HeinOnline save time, enhance discovery, and provide quick insights—without replacing full research.

New DOI Facet Simplifies Tracking Altmetrics for Scholarly Articles
We’re excited to announce that there is a new Digital Object Identifier (DOI) facet allowing users to easily locate articles with DOIs and explore their Altmetric insights.

Introducing the ABA Law Library Collection: Books & Practice Materials Archive
Discover the new ABA Law Library Collection: Books & Practice Materials Archive, featuring nearly 150 years of ABA publications online.

Meet LexBlog Library: Bringing Practitioner Insight into Your Legal Research Workflow
HeinOnline introduces LexBlog Library, a new database that brings timely practitioner-authored legal commentary directly into the legal research workflow. Explore how LexBlog connects primary law, scholarly analysis, and real-world legal insight in one integrated platform.

ScholarCheck Update and General Overview
Thanks to a suggestion from a HeinOnline user, ScholarCheck statistics inside a document are no longer initially found in a pop-up box. Check out ScholarCheck’s new appearance above any journal’s table of contents

Out with the Old, in with the Bold
We significantly enhanced HeinOnline’s interface a few years ago, and we continue to make improvements in order to provide our customers with a stellar research experience! Read below to find out more about this enhancement, as well as a few helpful searching tips.
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Introducing our New Icons in HeinOnline
We are excited to announce our new informational icons in HeinOnline! These icons will help to keep you updated on the latest enhancements, newest titles, more information, MARC records, and more! To locate these icons in HeinOnline, look to the left of a title listing.

What’s New in HeinOnline: September 2026 Content Release
HeinOnline’s September 2026 content release features major database expansions, new journals, and timely research resources on current topics.

Fresh Reads | New HeinOnline Journals: August & September 2026
Your research reading list just got a little longer! Meet the newest journals to join HeinOnline, with fresh scholarship spanning subjects, institutions, and perspectives from around the globe.

What’s New in HeinOnline: August 2026 Content Release
HeinOnline’s August 2026 content release features major database expansions, new journals, and timely research resources on current topics.

Inside AALL 2026: New Releases, Exclusive Previews, and Unforgettable Moments in Cleveland
Relive HeinOnline’s AALL 2026 experience, from new product showcases and exclusive previews to focus groups, Pub Trivia, and more.

Meet LexBlog Library: Bringing Practitioner Insight into Your Legal Research Workflow
HeinOnline introduces LexBlog Library, a new database that brings timely practitioner-authored legal commentary directly into the legal research workflow. Explore how LexBlog connects primary law, scholarly analysis, and real-world legal insight in one integrated platform.

HeinOnline Advances Accessibility with WCAG 2.2 AA Standards
HeinOnline now meets WCAG 2.2 AA standards, enhancing navigation, focus visibility, and usability beyond minimum requirements to better support all users.

Why the Authors of Legal Research Unbound Created a Comic About Legal Research
Hear from the authors of Legal Research Unbound as they share how comics bring legal research theory, critical literacy, and AI to life.

Judging Before the Judgment: A Rare Look Inside Federal Judicial Decision-Making
What happens before a federal judge issues a final opinion? In Judging: The Many Decisions Federal Judges Make Before the Final Opinion, Senior Judge Jon O. Newman provides a rare inside look at the decisions that shape cases long before they appear in published opinions.

An Interview with the Editors of New Perspectives on the Legal Treatise
Editors Nicholas Mignanelli and Femi Cadmus discuss New Perspectives on the Legal Treatise, exploring its history, evolution, and relevance in the age of generative AI.
