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Using Hoover’s Online

Using Hoover’s Online. Austin Community College Accounting Students. use resources at http://www.hoovers.com. to obtain corporate information. Overview. Company and Product Insights Features Uses Getting Started. Company and Product Insight. What is Hoover’s?.

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Using Hoover’s Online

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  1. Using Hoover’s Online Austin Community College Accounting Students use resources at http://www.hoovers.com to obtain corporate information

  2. Overview • Company and Product Insights • Features • Uses • Getting Started

  3. Company and Product Insight

  4. What is Hoover’s? “Hoover's offers proprietary business information through the Internet, data feeds, wireless devices, and co-branding agreements with other online services. “ Source: http://www.hoovers.com

  5. Two Options Hoover’s Online offers: free service for – pay (premium content) ACC students have free access to the for-pay content (premium content) from any Internet connection.

  6. There Is More “Hoover's Online, features a database of information on more than 25 million corporations and organizations. Source: http://www.hoovers.com

  7. And More Hoover's also publishes its information in books. The company is a subsidiary of Dun & Bradstreet. Source: http://www.hoovers.com

  8. How Did Hoover’s Start? “Hoover's was the brainchild of entrepreneur Gary Hoover. A veteran of Citibank and several retailers, Hoover in 1982 founded Bookstop (which would go on to become the #4 book chain in the US). “ Source: http://www.hoovers.com

  9. Continued “During his tenure there Gary Hoover found that his stores' books covered everything from travel to sports, but none covered companies, industries, and the people who lead them. Those subjects had always fascinated him. “ Source: http://www.hoovers.com

  10. The Idea Took Off In 1989, Hoover and some notable friends started The Reference Press. The company published its first book -- Hoover's Handbook 1991: Profiles of Over 500 Major Corporations.

  11. Next Step - hoovers.com • We benefit from the efforts of Gary Hoover and his associates. Gary Hoover is an Austinite. Hoovers is located on Airport Blvd.

  12. Features

  13. Features • Fact Sheet • Full Overview • History • Family Tree • Industry

  14. Features • Products/Operations • Competitors • Competitive Landscape • People • News • Significant Developments

  15. Features • Financial Data • Summary • Income Statement • Balance Sheet • Cash Flow • Historical Financials

  16. Features • Financial Data • Stock Quote • Interactive Stock Chart • Market Data • Earnings Estimates • ValuEngine Analysis • Comparison Data

  17. Features • SEC Filings • Industry Watch

  18. Other Features You can • Download financial data into Excel • Change the currency • Go to the company’s website • And more

  19. Uses

  20. Ways to Use Hoover’s • Lab activities • Annual report project • Support for textbook topics • Personal knowledge

  21. Getting Started

  22. Getting Started • Instructions on how to access Hoover’s Online • Tutorials on how to use the product Go to • http://www.austincc.edu/sammons/usinghoovers

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