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HeinOnline
An online database containing a large number of historical and government documents in a fully searchable, image-based format. Provides comprehensive coverage of more than 2,700 law-related periodicals. Also contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, plus collections dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, world trials, classic treatises, international trade, foreign relations, U.S. Presidents, and much more.

Trial access ends Feb. 3, 2020.

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