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Getting Started in HeinOnline
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To get started in HeinOnline, you must have a user name and password or you must be utilizing a computer terminal at your institution/university/office that is authenticated to access HeinOnline.



Log In Screen: If you are using an IP authenticated terminal, you will not see the screen to the right. Instead, you will see the welcome screen pictured below.
The welcome screen will display a list of all libraries that you are currently subscribed to and have access to. All libraries are hot links and, upon selecting a library, you'll be directed to the index page for the chosen library.

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Image of Your Account Options The welcome screen will also provide options that are relevant to the HeinOnline Account you are accessing, including:   Additional options include:

Selecting a HeinOnline Library
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1. Select a library from the HeinOnline welcome page by clicking directly on the library name.

2. Once you are inside a HeinOnline library module, you will have two ways to switch to a different library.
Image: HeinOnline Screenshots. Accompanying text: Click on "Select Library" in the upper right hand corner of the screen and you will be provided with a drop-down menu of all the libraries to which you are subscribed. You may also select "Libraries" from the navigation trail at any time to return to the welcome page for access to the libraries that are available in your subsription.

Tabbed Navigation Bar
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The tabbed navigation menu, pictured below, will display all options for moving and browsing within the library you are working with. You can view the varying menu options on the left navigation bar while still maintaining the library/title/page in which you are currently working.Image of Tabbed Navigation Bar. Caption: Tabbed Navigation Bar





The tabs contained in the tabbed navigation menu are described and pictured below.

Image of Tabbed Navigation Bar Features: [Collection] Resources, Search, and Citation Navigator






Collection Resources
This tab allows you to return to the index page for the library you are currently working in and/or find additional help for utilizing HeinOnline. Select libraries will also include additional options which  may include helpful links to information relevant to the given content and/or more information about the library.







Search
This tab will list the search options available for the given library. It may include all or some of the following search options (based on library):





Citation Navigator
This is a unique, efficient searching technique for the legal researcher who has an official citation to a particular article. By entering the volume number, selecting the title from the drop-down menu, and  entering a page number, you will quickly locate the exact page within the collection. Select libraries will also contain an alternate citation navigator, allowing you to browse by issue, year and page number.

NOTE: Not all libraries within HeinOnline have the same citation navigator options and/or features, nor will this feature be available for all libraries.
Table of Contents
When browsing in a journal or title, you can view the table of contents for the volume by clicking on Table of Contents in the tabbed navigation menu. This will display the table of contents on the left navigation bar with a hotlink to each page and a quick print PDF icon allowing you to print an entire section from the table of contents.
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Left Navigation Bar & Navigation Trail
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The left navigation bar can be hidden at any time while working in HeinOnline by clicking on the red X button.

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To unhide the left navigation bar, select the expansion arrow on the left margin of the screen.
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The navigation trail will always be displayed above the page viewer window when browsing within a volume. The navigation trail displays the library, journal/title, and volume you are working with.

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Simple Page Viewer
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You have several options for navigating the pages within a volume or title. A simple and an advanced  page viewer are available depending upon your user preference.

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More Options
Opens a more accessible and advanced page viewer containing additional page navigation and viewing options.

Citation
Will display the citation of the current page view, including the volume, journal/title name, page number, title and author of the current section.

Toggle Full Screen
Clicking on toggle full screen allows you to view more of the current page on the screen creating a more printer friendly page view. Toggle full screen will hide the top menu bars. To return to a normal view, click Toggle Full Screen again.

Bookmark
To bookmark a page for later reference, select the BookMark function. This will update the URL in the browser window. To complete the book marking process, you must still proceed with standard book marking processes as required per your internet browser.

Toggle Scroll Lock
The toggle scroll lock function will allow you to adjust screen scrolling options. By default, the toggle scroll lock will allow you to independently scroll through the page view of the title/journal/volume or scroll through the left navigation bar without adjusting the other images on screen. By selecting the toggle scroll lock function, you will lock all windows and scrolling options thereby causing your entire screen to scroll up/down.

Print/Download Options
Utilizing the Print/Download Options allows you to print the document utilizing HPrint or print/download the document in PDF (Portable Document Format) using a PDF reader.
Page Navigation
The simple page viewer toolbar provides enhanced page navigation options that make moving  between pages quicker. When you use the page forward and page backward arrows or drop down menu from the simple viewer, the pages will transition smoothly and seamlessly from within the page view window, rather than reloading the entire screen. It will seem almost as though you have the bound title in your hand.

 Image of Simple Page Viewer navigation controls. Caption: Navigating a document in HeinOnline is achieved in the following way. Select the arrow at the left-side of the Simple Page Viewer to page back within a document. Select the arrow at the right-side of the simple page viewer to page forward in a document. Use the drop-down menu in the center of the Simple Page Viewer to select and go to an individual page within a document.
Pages will "flip" or transition from within the page view window window only, eliminating a full screen interruption.

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More Options: Advanced Controls for Viewing Pages
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Selecting "More Options" within the Simple Page Viewer toolbar allows you to access the Advanced Page Viewer toolbar. The Advanced Page Viewer toolbar will provide additional options for viewing a page including switching between the text and the page image, reducing the size of the page image, or adjusting the layout of a page or image.

Image of More Options toolbar, a selection of advanced page viewing controls. The following controls are arranged here from left to right:Simple Viewer - Toggles between simple and more advanced page view options; Navigation arrows - Allow you to move to back and forth between sections and pages of a document; Drop-down menu - Allows you to select and go to a specific page in a document; Change Page View controls - Allow you to toggle between image view and text view, reduce image size, and rotate pages; Citations on Page - Allows you to locate citations appearing on current page; Print/Download Options - Provides access to Print/Download options.
Page Navigation Controls
 Image of Advanced Page Navigation Controls. The controls, displayed from left to right, are labled as follows: Turn to previous section, Turn to the beginning of the current section, Page forward, page backward; and drop-down menu selection; Turn to the next section.

Page Viewing Options
Image of Advanced Page Viewing Options. The options are labled from left to right as follows: View Text - Toggles between uncorrected OCR text and the page image -- allows the cut and paste of text into another program; Smaller Image - Toggles between normal and smaller image size; Counter Clockwise Arrow and Clockwise Arrow - Rotate a page 90 degrees left or right to adust the view of charts, graphs, or other objects
Printing and Downloading Options
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Utilizing the Print/Download Options from the advanced page viewer will allow you to print the document utilizing HPrint or print/download the document using a PDF reader. Image of Advanced Page Viewer Options, Highlighting Print/download Options. Image of Print/Download Options Utilities screen, covering Print using HPrint and Download as PDF.
Print using HPrint (print only)
HPrint is the HeinOnline printing helper application, available for Windows. You must install HPrint to print directly to your Windows printer. Installation instructions can be found on this web page.

Download as PDF (print, download, save, email)
You can also choose to download the document as a PDF, which requires a PDF reader. Installation instructions are also displayed on this page should you need to download the Adobe Reader. Downloading the document as a PDF will allow you to save the document to your workstation, from which you can then copy to writeable CD/disk, or email the PDF to an email account for access later on at home or at work.

General Printing Information
From this print screen, you will have 2 options to determine how much of the title you wish to print. You can choose to print only the current page that you are viewing. Or you can choose to print the entire section from which the page resides. Citations for both are found in the center column when viewing the print screen.

Print/Download Options can also be accessed from the Simple Page Viewer

Updated: June 2007