Hoover's Help

Hoover's Inc. (www.hoovers.com) is a subscription site that provides business information. Much of the company information from Hoover's is also provided to you via three information resources made available to you by the Business Library.

Hoover's on ProQuest
Hoover's company information is provided on the ProQuest databases ABI/INFORM GLOBAL and Business Dateline.
* Simply do a company search on either of these ProQuest products. The Hoover's information is integrated into the
articles and appears as a blue hypertext link (red links take you to the company home page). This seamless integration
allows you to move from the article text to Hoover's and back to the ProQuest product.
Search only Hoover's Company Records database.

Hoover's on Bloomberg
To access Hoover's information on the Bloomberg terminal in the Business Library:
1. Simply type HHB <GO> and then choose from:
a) Hoover's Handbook of American Business (A-K)
b) Hoover's Handbook of American Business (K-Z)
c) Hoover's Handbook of Private Business
d) Hoover's Handbook of World Business
e) About Hoover's Company Profiles

2. To access Hoover's information via a security search simply type ticker <equity> HH <GO>
For Coca-Cola for example type KO <equity> HH <GO>

Hoover's on Lexis/Nexis
On Lexis/Nexis choose the following library: company
Then select one of the following files:
hoover = Hoover Company & Industry Reports
hvrcap = Hoover Company Capsules
hvrpro = Hoover Company Profiles
hvrind = Hoover Industry Reports
hvripo = Hoover IPO Reports

Hoover's Books
To locate the books by Hoover held in the Business Library, do a title search (Hoover's) in the library catalogue.