Ford Library Blog

Knowing that there are students graduating who are still seeking permanent positions. If you are one of them, we’d like to remind you that the Ford Library can offer one-on-one assistance as well as a online tutorial.

For more information, contact the reference staff at reference-librarians@fuqua.duke.edu, or call 919-660-7874.

Wondering how you can locate a job in a challenging economy?

Then you may want to attend the Off-Campus Job Hunters Workshop at the Ford Library which will allow you to:

• find articles on a particular company
• find industry reports
• locate market research.
• create a customized list of companies using variables such as geographic location, annual sales, industry, etc.

Classes will be held 1/28 through 2/25 in the Ford Library Data Resources Room.

Some of the databases covered will include ABI-Inform, Factiva, MarketLine and Onesource, plus a look at Vault, Wetfeet, and others. This class is designed for students who have not taken the basic library database class.

Click here to register online

Register soon since space in the Data Resources Room is limited.

Please feel free to send any questions about the class to: reference-librarians@fuqua.duke.edu.

Where did the Jupiter Research content go?

Last Saturday, Jupiter Research ceased to exist as a separate web site and its content was integrated into Forrester research.

As a consequence of the merger, all Jupiter branding was removed from their research; but you can still browse the research products that were created for the Jupiter site.

1. After connecting to Forrester, enter Jupiter in the search box at the top of the Forrester page.
2. At the top of the results list, you’ll see an option to “Browse by Category instead: Jupiter”.
3. Clicking this Browse by Category list will return the content intially created for the Jupiter site.
4. You can also focus your search by clicking the subject or topic links to the left.

If you have difficulty locating what you need, please feel free to send any questions or concerns to: reference-librarians@fuqua.duke.edu.

Wondering how you can locate a job in a challenging economy? Then, you might want to consider taking the Independent Job Search Class at the Ford Library which will allow you to:

Beginning 12/3 at 10am and 2pm, the classes will be held in the Ford Library Database Resources Room.

Some of the databases covered will include ABI-Inform, Factiva, MarketLine and Onesource, plus a look at Vault, Wetfeet, and others. This class is designed for students who have not taken the basic library database class.

To register, click here. Note, space is limited.

With the Fuqua School developing an MBA program in Dubai, I thought it would be interesting to look at the top 10 companies in the area:

1. Emirates – airline, est. sales $7,798,600,000
2. Emaar Properties – real estate, est. sales $4,783,6000,000
3. ETA ASCON Group – diversified, est. sales $4,000,000,00
4. National Bank of Dubai (NBD) – financial services, est. sales $2,860,300,000
5. DP World Ltd – marine terminal development and operations, est. sales 2,731,400,000
6. Jumbo Electronics – electronic and appliance retailer, est. sales $2,000,0000,000
7. Dodsal Group – energy and infrastructure development, est. sales $2,000,000,000
8. Mashreqbank – financial services, est. sales $1,819,500,000
9. Dubai Islamic Bank, financial services, est. sales $1,636,100,000
10. Emirates Bank International – financial services, est. sales $1,560,200,000

If you would like to know more about these companies, contact us at: reference-librarians@fuqua.duke.edu.