May 6, 1994: The “Chunnel,” a rail tunnel under the English Channel, officially opened. This 31 mile tunnel connects Folkstone, England with Sangatte, France. Construction began in 1988, with drilling commencing from both countries. The tunnel goes down as far as 50 feet deep, and the underwater section is 23.5 miles, the longest undersea tunnel in Read More …
First Research provides industry overviews on 200+ sectors, including small and niche industries. Content includes industry overview, forecast, key and challenges, trends, financial performance, and more. First Research also links to related industry associations and publications, government data and other recommended sources. Unique to First Research are three sections especially useful as you think about Read More …
As you head off to your internship this summer, remember your librarians are here all summer and happy to help you with research recommendations and search strategies for your projects. You can get started with our internship toolkit. Remember that due to Emory’s database licensing agreements you cannot use library databases at your internship. Be Read More …
It was great to see everyone at Welcome Weekend’s Dooley Dash this morning, with a special greeting from Dooley himself! Take a virtual tour of your Goizueta Business Library and learn more about our most frequently requested research databases and services. Welcome to Goizueta!
If you are considering working in a nonprofit, GuideStar will help identify lists of target organizations based on geography, organizational focus, and size of firm. Of note, the data from the 990 will often include the compensation of key employees, which can provide insight for salary negotiation.GuideStar helps answer the question “How are nonprofits spending their Read More …
April 6, 1992: This updated version of Windows established some features that are taken for granted today. This includes the CTRL-ALT-DEL command to avoid rebooting your computer, and allowing you to cut and paste from one application to another. As internet access moved forward, Windows 3.1 also supported modem speeds up to 9600 bps. To Read More …
GoinGlobal enables you to search for companies that have applied to sponsor H1B visas in the last 10+ years based on data from the US Department of Labor, and download up to 200 firms from your search. It also provides career guides for countries and cities you may be considering. GoinGlobal also includes the wage Read More …
AtoZdatabases: Target Company Lists enables you to build custom searches from millions of U.S. business records using criteria including geography, industry, revenue, employee count and then download results in Excel. For career research, it’s generally best to select the 65 million businesses and executives, and choose “get started.” A unique feature in AtoZ is the Read More …
The cost of annually purchasing updated editions of textbooks is prohibitive and would divert dollars from licensing new databases and other important resources. Emory Library’s Affordable Textbook and Teaching Materials Initiative includes more information for both students and faculty, including the Course Reserves FLIP Lending Library. For BBAs: the BBA Book Fund offers financial support for course materials; reach out Read More …
March 15, 1985: The world’s first internet domain name, symbolics.com, was registered by the Symbolics Computer Corporation of Massachusetts. The international private non-profit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers was created in 1998 to maintain domain name coordination; there are now over 1 billion domains in existence. Signposts in cyberspace the Domain Read More …
