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Congrats Graduates! GBS Alumni library resources

Your Goizueta Business Library has a variety of resources available to Goizueta graduates for lifelong learning and professional development. Alumni Toolkit— Start here! The toolkit features a variety of Emory library resources and services available to you. Along with resources that Goizueta Business Library has licensed, you may also have access to free public library Read More …

Library Resources for Summer Internship Success

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. However, Read More …

GBL Shorts: Favorite Business Books with Jamie Turner

Welcome to our series: GBL Shorts – Favorite Business Books! We asked folks in the GBS Community to answer one very important question: “What is your favorite business book and why?” Jamie Turner offers three book suggestions – one with insights into the history of consulting, a second that highlights interviews with a number of Read More …

This Day in Business History: Happy birthday, J.P. Morgan!

April 17, 1837: J.P. Morgan was a titan of American business. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, his position and connections put him squarely in the middle of the development of American industry. Even today the name remains in the forefront of the global business financial world. John Pierpoint Morgan was born April Read More …

This Day in Business History: McDonald’s Opens First Franchise

April 15, 1955: Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois, having purchased the rights to franchise the restaurant across the country from the founders, Maurice and Richard McDonald.  To announce the grand opening, Kroc ran in add in the Des Plaines Journal, advertising “speedee service” and “plenty of free parking,” along with Read More …

Business Research Database Blog Series: PubMed

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 Will You Find? PubMed is created by the National Library of Medicine; it is a repository of over 24 million journal articles published Read More …

This Day in Business History: Microsoft Releases Windows 3.1

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 …

Business Research Database Blog Series: ECDS Data Center

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 Will You Find? The ECDS Data Center is an excellent resource for finding U.S. and international data sources for advanced data analysis, located Read More …

This Day in Business History: Apple Inc. Is Founded By Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

April 1, 1976: College dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computers, Inc. The two wanted to make computers small enough for people to have in their homes and offices. Ever wondered how they came up with the company name? According to an interview that Wozniak did with Byte magazine in December 1984, he credited Jobs with Read More …