Alumni Toolkit
Goizueta Business School alumni have remote access to a variety of business databases.
Goizueta graduates have free remote access to an outstanding suite of research databases for personal enrichment.
Articles & News
Business Chronicles and Books of Lists (e.g. Atlanta Business Chronicle) provide digital PDF of each city’s weekly business chronicle and book of lists including company rankings. See our handout with tips on registering and using the chronicles.
Business Source Alumni includes over 1,500 business magazines and academic journals, covering marketing, management, accounting, and finance.
Business Books
Business Book Summaries feature substantive (4500 word) audio and PDF summaries of the best business books, including classics and new releases.
Credo Reference Unlimited provides 60+ e-books on business, finance, and economics, including titles such as The A-to-Z of Corporate Social Responsibility and BUSINESS: The Ultimate Resource.
Companies & Lists
AtoZ Databases: Target Company Lists offer customizable target lists built from 30M US business profiles. Limit your list by geography, industry, employee size and more; then download your list to Excel.
Career Research
Wall Street Oasis includes access to their Company Database, Video Library, and Private Equity Prep Package covers over 5000 firms with interview insights and compensation data.
Finance
Value Line includes rankings, commentary and forecasts for over 1,700 stocks in 98 industries, as well as economic and stock market forecasts.
Industry Profiles and Market Research
DataPlanet includes over 65 billion U.S. and international data points allowing you to create customized tables, chart trends, and more.
First Research provides industry backgrounders covering over 200 industries.
Marketline profiles companies, industries and countries; Company profiles include SWOT analysis for the top 1000 companies, and industry profiles include a five forces analysis.
Richard K. Miller Market Research Handbooks are an excellent starting point for consumer markets; they include market forecasts, sector trends, and statistics.
It is illegal to use Emory library databases for your company.
Emory database licensing agreements allow alumni usage for personal enrichment and career research.
Passwords for alumni databases are available in the Goizueta Job Board and Resume Database (GO), and by request using this form.
The Business Librarians offer customized research consultations to GBS alumni.
- Consultations with a Business Librarian are available by appointment; request one here.
Emory Connects is an Emory-specific “warmer” connection platform that can instantly expand your professional network. You can use your LinkedIn or Facebook account to register.
Questions about registering? Email eaa <at> emory <dot> edu
Emory alumni chapters meet across the U.S. and internationally.
Use advanced Google search strategies and think about where information lives.
Remember to consider the best practices and pitfalls for conducting credible research.
Comply with your company’s licensing terms for subscription databases.
Don’t plagiarize! Remember your ethical and legal copyright obligations; cite all sources you use in your presentations and reports.
For guidelines to correctly citing sources in your decks or bibliographies, see the GBL Citation Guide for PowerPoint presentations the GBL Citation Guide for papers.
Alumni are welcome to visit Woodruff Library and check out books.
Emory Libraries also license a limited number of databases for walk-in access; the most relevant for business research are the academic journals.
Your local public library will offer free remote access to many business resources. You just need to have a library card.
These resources may include LinkedIn Learning, eBook platforms, business journals, nonprofit directories, and more.
For example, if you liked using Overdrive business eBooks and audiobooks as a student, your local library may also subscribe. Just Google [your county name public library overdrive] to find out.
Quick links to Atlanta area public library overdrive collections:
DeKalb County Public Library Overdrive eBooks and AudioBooks
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Overdrive eBooks and AudioBooks
Cobb County Public Library Overdrive eBooks and AudioBooks
Gwinnett County Public Library Overdrive eBooks and AudioBooks