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Entities in HeinOnline

Are you researching a certain place, person, or other entity? These types of data have been extracted from each article in HeinOnline and made available when browsing and searching in various HeinOnline databases.

From the Law Journal Library, for example, perform a search for “civil rights” and select the Just Search for option.

image for Just Search for option in HeinOnline

On the results page, locate the facets on the left-hand side. Users will see Location, Person, and Organization facets. These facets list the most relevant data that appears within your query and allows you to filter further by entities.

image of the ability to refine your search in HeinOnline by Location, Organization, and Person facets

For example, choose to filter your research on civil rights further. Select the United States of America from Location facet, Martin Luther King from Person facet, and the Supreme Court from the Organization facet.

image of entities within facets in the Law Journal Library

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