Build Target Company Lists: Career and Professional Development Tips

How will this help me?  AtoZdatabases: Target Company Lists enables you to build custom company lists from millions of U.S. business records using criteria including geography, industry, revenue, employee count and then download results in Excel to customize further as part of your job or internship search. For career focused target lists, it’s generally best Read More …

Working with Large Data Sets through Emory Libraries

Whether you’re working on a class project, conducting a market analysis, or exploring new research ideas, Emory Libraries has a variety of resources available for accessing datasets. Dewey Data This research platform provides access to third-party quantitative and geospatial data focused on finance, marketing, consumer demographics, behavioral economics, urban planning and real estate. Their datasets Read More …

This Day in Business History: Apple Macintosh Goes on Sale

Jan 24, 1984:  The Apple Macintosh computer first goes on sale, featuring a graphical user interface and a mouse.  Two days prior to the sale, Apple announced the new computer’s launch via a dramatic ad during Super Bowl XVIII.  In the first three months after the launch, Apple sold over 5,000 Macintosh computers. The One Device: The Secret Read More …

Business Research Database Blog Series: Richard K. Miller Market Research eBook Series (RKMA) 

The Emory community has access to a wealth of business research databases. This series highlights many of these great resources, including content and the best applications for classes and career prep. What You Will Find Richard K. Miller Market Research (RKMA) eBook Series contains industry data, market segmentation, company rankings, consumer trends, and more. New for Read More …

Don’t Forget!: LinkedIn Learning (LiL) Subscription Ends February 28, 2026

February 28, 2026 is the last day you will have access to LiL at Emory. How do I keep from losing my LiL courses and certifications? Your learning history, which includes a list of courses completed, course certifications, and tracking for your current course viewing, will be lost if you do not do one of the following Read More …

This Day in Business History: Burj Khalifa opens

Jan. 4, 2010:  Burj Khalifa in Dubai, U.A.E., opens as the worlds tallest building at 2,717 feet (828m).  At over 160 stories tall, it also has the highest occupied floor in the world.  The building includes 900 residential apartments, office space and a 304 room hotel, as well as an observation deck. Sources: Burj Khalifa Read More …

Digital Access to MIT Press Books and Journals

Books and journals from MIT Press are now licensed by Emory Libraries. Known as Cognet Library, key subject areas include business and finance, computer science, cognitive science, and game studies. Books and journals can be easily downloaded as PDFs by chapter.  All titles are licensed for unlimited simultaneous users. Examples of Books Examples of Journals

This Day in Business History: Charles Van Doren testifies in Congress about TV game show fixing

Nov 2, 1959:  Charles Van Doren admitted to a House subcommittee that he was provided advance knowledge of the questions and answers he would receive on the TV gameshow “Twenty One.” These shows had become popular in the 1950s after the US Supreme Court ruled in Federal Communications Commission v. American Broadcasting Co., Inc. that Read More …