Lexis Advance CLE @ HCLL

On Thursday, Feb. 18, the Law Library will host a free training session titled Introducing Lexis Advance. The session carries 1.0 hour of CLE credit for Texas attorneys and is conveniently scheduled during the lunch hour, from noon to 1 p.m.

The Law Library hosts Lexis Advance training sessions quarterly. For more information about CLEs and training sessions at the Harris County Law Library, visit our Events page.

All of the databases covered during training sessions are accessible for free on the Law Library’s legal research computers, which are open to the public for legal research. Visit Our Services page for more information about the digital resources available for your legal research needs.

Latest and Greatest - American Law Institute Library on HeinOnline

We are proud to announce our most recent addition to the HeinOnline family: the American Law Institute Library. This collection features ALI’s most well-known publications, including:

• Restatements & Principles of the Law
• Uniform Commercial Code
• ALI Annual Reports
• Proceedings of ALI Annual Meetings
• ALI Reporter

Plus, you can find model penal codes, other ALI-CLE Publications, and links to other scholarly articles found on HeinOnline.

Searching the ALI materials couldn't be easier. Simply connect to HeinOnline in the Law Library and choose the American Law Institute Library from Hein’s database home page. From there, you can browse through the alphabetized title lists or do a simple keyword search. Another option is to select the Advanced Search option and refine and limit your search to section titles, text, document type, and date. On the Results page, search terms are highlighted in yellow for easy viewing. In addition, all highlighted citations to the Restatements and cases are actually hyperlinks so all you have to do is click. How easy is that? Also, HeinOnline features a ScholarCheck tool that keeps track of the number of times a Restatement section has been cited.

So, come on over to the Library and be sure to take a look at the American Law Institute Library.

Access HeinOnline On Your Mobile Device @ HCLL

Access HeinOnline via HCLL WiFi

Modern legal research is accomplished on a variety of screens from laptops to tablets and smartphones. At the Harris County Law Library, all of these devices are welcome. Free WiFi is available, and now, you have free access to the Law Library’s HeinOnline subscription when your device is connected to HCLL WiFi.

What’s included

HeinOnline is an excellent database for law review and historical research. The Law Library’s subscription includes a full catalog of U.S. law reviews and journals, which give you access to cutting-edge legal topics not yet covered in practice guides and extensive citations to topical materials. The subscription also includes several historical databases of interest to Harris County legal researchers, including Texas Session Laws: 1836-2013 for legislative history research. All databases are fully searchable and results are displayed using Hein’s signature reproductions of actual pages from the printed sources.

Get connected

When accessing HeinOnline through the Law Library’s WiFi, you have two options:

1.      Using a browser, visit home.heinonline.org and click the “Log In” button. This process will redirect your browser to the database once your location is authenticated.

2.      You may also use the HeinOnline App on your tablet or smartphone to connect. Download the app to your device and simply open it while connected to HCLL WiFi. As a bonus for using the App, you can continue to access the database on any network for 30 days after you connect via HCLL WiFi.

Visit HCLL today to get started.

Topical Research Guides

Research guides are a mainstay of law library offerings throughout the country. Here at the Harris County Law Library, we offer 8 guides on our website, 7 of which you can find in print on location next to the Texas Collection. These guides provide quick access to the best resources on your topic. For example, our Law Practice Management Research Guide points you toward the best options at HCLL for learning about law office technology, legal research and writing, and attorney liability. Each research guide also includes a “Practice Essentials” section on page one that gives you quick access to the most-used resources you need to get started. All guides are updated regularly to give you the most current and accurate information available.

Since this is the 21st century, our guides also include information about our digital collection. All titles marked with an “e” can also be found for free on HCLL’s research computers through our WestlawNext, Lexis Advance, O’Connor’s Online, and other databases. WestlawNext and Lexis Advance make it especially easy to find the right resource – simply start typing the title as it appears in our research guide into the search box and a link to that database will appear in below {see screenshot}. From there, you can search, download, and print quickly and easily.

Research guides from the Harris County Law Library make it easy to get into the law library, get your research done, and get on with your life. Try one today!