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This guide covers research resources that will help you with your Emerging Technologies assignment.
The resources listed on this page will help you brainstorm ideas for a technology and then guide you toward identifying a specific, targeted technology to pitch to your client.
Need research help? Get in touch with the business librarian! Contact details are below to the left.
You can find an idea for a technology anywhere: TikTok, YouTube, your favorite show, your friend, your cat BUT if you're having trouble coming up with something, these resources may help you think of a broad technology that sounds interesting to you. You can also use these resources to make your topic more narrow and specific, or use one of the resources listed in the box below.
These are newspapers to which we have full web access.
Authoritative weekly newspaper focusing on international politics and business news and opinion.
Includes mobile app and subscriber-only podcasts and events.
For quick access, click on the link above.
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Access to the website of the New York Times - one of the world's leading newspapers.
Includes access to the New York Times InEducation curated reading lists.
Click the Log In button and sign in to access full news content 1981-present.
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Once your account is activated, sign in on https://www.wsj.com/ to access.
Full access to the Wall Street Journal, with global coverage of business and financial news, in addition to national and international news. Includes English, Chinese, and Japanese editions.
These are popular sources to which the library subscribes or websites that are free to access without a subscription.
How do you turn a general idea into something more narrow? You have to learn more about it! The resources listed below can help you do this.
Scholarly Databases
ABI/Inform and Business Source Premier are both scholarly business databases, meaning hey provide access to articles from scholarly business journals. Scholarship tends to be very narrowly-focused, which may help you think of a more specific application for your technology.
IT Journals
IT and Business-focused resources
Pitchbook tracks the private and public equity markets. It provides data on the venture capital, private equity and M&A landscape, including information about funds, limited partners, service providers, founders, investors and buyers.
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Presents, in a series of question and answer formats, financial analyst and company CEO perspectives on a range of industry sectors relative to investment outlooks and financial performance.
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