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HeinOnline is an online, fully-searchable, image-based database of over 2000 legal journals and other resources related to legal history. It is "the world's largest image-based legal research collection and contains more than 9 centuries of legal history". The following resources are included in this donation (descriptions of the databases are available here):

• HeinOnline Law Journals Library
• HeinOnline History of International Law
• HeinOnline Selden Society Publications and the History of Early English Law
• HeinOnline Scottish Legal History
• HeinOnline American Law Institute Library

There are up to 25 one-year accounts available to Wikipedians through this pilot partnership.

Requirements

• You have your preferences enabled to receive email messages on English Wikipedia or on your home wiki linked from your application; (see Special:Preferences)
• You do not already have access to HeinOnline through another library, university, or institution
• You have an account that is a minimum of 6 months old
• You have a minimum of 500 edits to the encyclopedia

If you don't quite meet the experience requirements but think you would still be a strong candidate for access, feel free to apply and you may be considered

Expectations

Approved editors may

• Search, view, retrieve, and display portions of restricted content;

• Electronically save portions of restricted content;

• Print out single copies of portions of restricted content;

• Comply with any terms and conditions which appear on the particular pages of the HeinOnline website they are accessing.

Approved editors will not

• Share their account logins or passwords with others, or sell their access to other parties

• Mass scrape or mass download HeinOnline content

• Systematically make printed or electronic copies of multiple extracts of restricted content available for any purpose.

• Datamine metadata without permission, in order, for instance, to use metadata for auto-created stub articles.

Private and confidential information

• By applying to the Program, you understand and agree that your name and email address may be shared with representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation, The Wikipedia Library, and HeinOnline. Wikipedia Library organizers contracted under the Wikimedia Foundation will abide by the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy and associated confidentiality agreements. Volunteer representatives of the Wikipedia Library are neither employees nor contractors of the Wikimedia Foundation (or HeinOnline), but they have signed confidentiality agreements with the Wikimedia Foundation with regards to the personal information they may handle for the Wikipedia Library.

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HeinOnline tips and tricks

• Editors should always provide original citation information including a DOI, in addition to linking to HeinOnline, per WP:V and WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT.
• Editors should not provide bare links to non-free HeinOnline pages
• Editors should note "that subscription may be required"
• Review citation policies WP:V, WP:SAYWHEREYOUGOTIT, WP:PAYWALL
• Respect the copyright of HeinOnline, in accordance with Wikipedia's copyright policy and their terms of use
• Cite HeinOnline resources in line with the citation examples provided below

Note that citation styles vary by article; editors can use the style most appropriate to the articles they are working with so long as the citations are complete.

Example

{{cite journal|author=Paul C. Weiler|authorlink=Paul C. Weiler|title=Rights and Judges in a Democracy|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?collection=journals&handle=hein.journals/umijlr18&div=12|journal=[[University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform]]|year=1984|volume=18|issue=1|pages=51–92}} {{Subscription needed|via=[[HeinOnline]]}}

• Paul C. Weiler (1984). "Rights and Judges in a Democracy". University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 18 (1): 51–92.   – via HeinOnline (subscription required)

Further participation

You can help The Wikipedia Library effectively leverage this partnership:

• Add {{Wikipedia:HeinOnline/Userbox}} to your user boxes. This helps us share our project with other experienced users.

Apply

Add yourself at the bottom of the list with a line starting with #{{user8|USERNAME|Project=code}} (eg. {{user8|Example|Project=en}}) followed by an explanation of why you would like access to this resource. It is a good idea to include in your application text your editing areas benefited by access and examples of your commitment to content creation.

1. Lfstevens (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) - I work as a copyeditor with an emphasis on technology and believe that access to these journals will enhance my work and contribute to the encyclopedia. I have 10k+ edits on WP. Cheers! Lfstevens (talk) 16:25, 6 May 2015 (UTC)

   @Lfstevens: Can you be more specific about how this particular resource will be useful to you? Nikkimaria (talk) 21:27, 12 May 2015 (UTC)

2. Chuangzu (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I am an active Wikipedia editor since 2006 and I am researching a court case involving the high court in London for inclusion in the Wikipedia article on Chee Soo.Chuangzu (talk) 17:29, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

   @Chuangzu: Do you plan to use HeinOnline for just this one high court case or do you plan to use it to expand other articles as well? -Thibbs (talk) 17:36, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

   @Thibbs: I am concentrating on this particular page at the moment, I have no fixed plans for my next contribution at the moment. I tend to browse articles and update or create new ones when I feel it's appropriate rather than plan out a particular course. I intend to use this resource for future contributions.Chuangzu (talk) 11:19, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

   @Chuangzu: Pending Due to the limited number of available accounts, and the general nature of the need for this resource, it is best if we revisit this application later if there are accounts left over. Regarding the London high court case, it may be a good idea to ask at WP:RX if you have any specific sources that you need. -Thibbs (talk) 03:41, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

3. anil1956 (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email) I am a professor of forensic medicine and have been editing a number of entries related to medical law, psychology, medicine and other general subjects. Access to this resource would help me add more entries with richer content. --anil1956 (talk) 10:10, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

   @Anil1956: It looks like you have only made 6 edits at Wikipedia in the last 3 years. Do you anticipate a similar rate of editing in the coming months? -Thibbs (talk) 17:36, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

4. sirlanz (talk · contribs · central auth · count · email)8+ years editing, 500-1000 edits, contributed to a number of law-themed articles focusing on the Hong Kong legal system, history and personalities, e.g. Ho Shan-kai. Not sure how the HeinOnline resource might assist in this pursuit but every bit helps. -sirlanz (talk) c. 10 October 2015

   @Sirlanz: A list of resources available through HeinOnline can be found here. Can you confirm that these will be useful to you? -Thibbs (talk) 21:20, 16 October 2015 (UTC)