How will this help me? The Business Journals and Books of Lists contain local and regional news from 40+ U.S. cities. The annual Books of Lists’ includes company rankings for large public and private firms, A+ employers, fastest growing firms, and leading firms in a variety of industries. These are helpful for exploring new and Read More …
March 1, 1873: While the history of the development of the typewriter dates back to the 16th century, in the U.S., production on one of the first commercially made typewriters began on March 1, 1873 by E. Remington & Sons, known for manufacturing sewing machines. Initially marketed under the name Sholes and Glidden Type-Writer for the Read More …
SimplyAnalytics’ rich consumer marketing data includes a cross-tabulation function. A crosstab is a table which shows the relationship between two or more data variables and can be extremely useful for identifying correlations, patterns, or trends when working with large datasets for marketing analysis. It also allows users to explore U.S. buying habits based on demographics, Read More …
How will this help me? PitchBook covers startups, VC and PE-backed companies, as well as mature private and public firms, investors, buyers, and funds. You can research and target firms by industry or vertical, as well as financing history. PitchBook’s lists are great for identifying both large and small competitors to firms – helpful for Read More …
February 22, 1878: The first F.W. Woolworth store was opened by Frank Winfield Woolworth on February 22, 1878 in Utica, NY. Marketed as “Woolworth’s Great Five Cent Store” it had a less than stellar beginning and the store soon closed. Frank brought his brother, Charles Sumner Woolworth, into the business and the next store, located Read More …
On February 4, 2026, the Central Intelligence Agency announced that it would discontinue publication of the The World Factbook. For more than half a century, the almanac-style compilation of country-level demographic, economic, political, and social data has been a quiet but essential presence in school, public, and academic libraries across the United States. If you attended grade Read More …
February 14, 1913: Hall Bros. of Kansas City, MO (later known as Hallmark) offers its first valentine postcards. Two years later, a fire would destroy all of their inventory, forcing them to buy printing equipment to start mass producing their own valentine cards in 1916. No one knows the exact origins of the holiday, but it’s predecessors Read More …
How will this help me? 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 global philanthropic activities. Foundation Directory includes descriptions of more than 100,000 Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs, Operating Foundations, Private Grantmaking Foundations (independent and company-sponsored Read More …
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 …
Feb 4, 2004: Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook. By December 2004, 1M people were using Facebook. The social media network now has 1.49 billion daily active users on Facebook on average for September 2018. Becoming Facebook : the 10 challenges that Read More …
