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Once an article is selected in any of the search tabs, Peggy has a number of functions to make research easier and more user friendly. The functions are highlighted in a red box below. The functions include the ability to download a PDF version of the article, print option, email option, permanent link to the page, bookmark the article, and the ability to go through the document page by page.

Once an article is selected at depicted above, there is a tool that gives you the cite of the article in MLA, APA, Chicago, and Bluebook form.

Click on the button “Cite” and a textbox with the citation forms will appear.

Lastly, on the left side of the page when an article has been selected it shows the reader a “Table of Contents” which can be selected to divide up the article into a particular section that may interest the reader.

This is the second in a four blog series spotlighting http://heinonline.org/HOL/Index?index=peggyfm&collection=peggy

Peggy has many unique tabs on the home page that connects researchers with a number topics relating to Women and the Law. One of which includes famous women biographies and articles relating to the topics of “American Feminists”, “Famous Ladies of the English Court”, “Noted Negro Women: Their Triumphs and Activities”, and the list continues.

Additionally, Peggy has a tab featuring articles on Abortion. This tab includes articles entitled “Abortion: Justice O’Connor’s Opinions”, “Law, Ethics, and Reproductive Choice”, and “Supreme Court to Review Texas Abortion Case.”

At the top of the home page on Peggy there is a tab that directs researchers to “External Links” which include web pages that have similar topics focused on women’s issues and the law. These “External Links” can take the researcher to 19 different web pages, which includes a link to a “Timeline of Major Supreme Court Decisions on Women’s Rights.”https://www.aclu.org/files/images/asset_upload_file420_24353.pdf

Access to Heinonline: Women and the Law database is available through the Texas Tech Law Library website under the Electronic Databases tab.

This is the first of four blog posts spotlighting http://heinonline.org/HOL/Index?collection=peggy&set_as_cursor=clear

Women and the Law (Peggy) is a collection uniting books, biographies and periodicals dedicated to the role of women in society and the law. Notable works included in this library are History of Women Sufferarge (1881-1922), the complete Feminism and Legal Theory Project, and the Documentary History of the Legal Aspects of Abortion series. Also featured are other works on abortion, biographies of famous women, works pertaining to legal rights and suffrage, and books and journals that pertain to the role of women in education and employment.

This unique collection of materials provides a convenient platform for users to research the progression of women’s roles and rights in society over the past 200 years.

A nice feature of Peggy is the ability to search the web page though a search bar by “Full Text”, “Citation”, “Catalog”, or by “Case Law.” This feature allows for a faster and in-depth search of a particular topic or article.Over the last sixteen years HeinOnline has grown from a single law journal collection of 25 titles to a digital archive with more than 60 distinct collections containing over 131 million pages, more than 100,000 titles, and 237,000 volumes.

Peggy also lists “All Titles” for a more thorough search of the web page. Under “All Titles” the article name and author is listed in alphabetical order.

Access to Heinonline: Women and the Law database is available through the Texas Tech Law Library website under the Electronic Databases tab.