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 …
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 …
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 …
