Career Research Tip: GuideStar for Targeting Nonprofits

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 …

Search GoinGlobal to identify firms who have sponsored H1Bs

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 …

Career Research Tip: Build Target Lists with AtoZdatabases

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 …

Can I find my class textbooks in the library’s collection?

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 …

Career Research Tip: Foundation Directory for Researching Grantmakers

Foundation Directory  helps answer the question “Who is giving money to non-profits, and how much?” It does this by providing information on U.S. grantmakers and their philanthropic activities. Search by companies, grantmakers, grants and 990 filings.  Foundation Directory includes descriptions of more than 100,000 Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs, Operating Foundations, Private Grantmaking Foundations (independent Read More …

Why doesn’t the business library have IBISWorld?

Why doesn’t the business library have IBISWorld? I keep coming across it when I am researching for class projects and the company I interned at had it. I know that some of my friends who are attending other MBA programs have access to it as well. It would be great if the library could get Read More …

SimplyAnalytics: Finding and Using Claritas PRIZM Premier Data

SimplyAnalytics enables you to create heatmaps, rankings, and tables using personas with Claritas lifestyle segmentation data. Claritas uses consumer behaviors data to create 68 different market segments to help target customers throughout the United States, and this data is browsable using Claritas My Best Segments filtering tool. Once you’ve selected the segment you wish to Read More …

Statista for Alumni

The Emory Alumni Association is pleased to provide all Emory alumni free remote access to Statista. Sign in to the Emory Alumni Online Community to access premium resources such as Statista. If you have not yet registered, sign up! Statista aggregates over 1 million statistics on over 80,0000 topics from 18,000 sources, including market researchers, trade organizations, Read More …

LSEG EIKON’s Learning Centre

LSEG EIKON’s Learning Centre houses the following content: Guided Learning – Explore a curated selection of topics for the Investment Banking community, including Market Data, Asset Management, Wealth Management, and Risk & Compliance. This section includes both on-demand and instructor-led learning sessions. Enroll in Classes – Hundreds of live classes that you can register for; Read More …