The document provides instructions for using the Hoover's Premium database through the Daytona State College Library website to find company and industry information. In 3 sentences: The instructions explain that users should begin at the DSC Library website and select the Hoover's Premium database from the list of databases to access company profiles and industry data using a student ID and last 4 digits of SSN for login credentials. Once logged in, the instructions describe how to search for a company using the company name, select the appropriate company profile from the results, and use the links in the "Company Index" box to find specific types of information about that company.

1. Daytona State College Library
Using Hoover’s Premium
Database to Find Company
and Industry Information

2. http://library.daytonastate.edu/ Note: You can also find Company
and Industry information in the Business Source Complete database.
Begin at the DSC Library
Website

4. • From the Databases page, click on the letter H.
• Scroll down until you find Hoover’s Premium. Click on
the title.
• This will bring you to the log in page. Your Borrower ID is
your student ID number and the PIN is the last four
digits of your Social Security number.
• If this doesn’t work, call the library at (386)506-3055 and
they can reset it for you over the phone.
Click on “Databases”

9. Click the blue button that says
“Continue.”

11. Then search using your company’s name. Example:
McDonalds Inc. Use the dropdown menu to choose your
company (usually the top on the list).
Change the default search
from All Categories to
Company

15. Note: Hoover’s does not have scholarly/academic journal
articles. For those, use Business Source Complete.
Use the links in the “Company
Index” box to find what you’re
looking for.

19. You still have to cite this information. The author’s name is
in small print above the Company Index box.
You can email these sources to yourself.
-Use the My Tools >> More Tools menus to find the email link.
REMEMBER!

21. Contact the DSC Library Research Assistance Desk by phone
at (386)506-3518, in person at Bldg. 210, Daytona Campus,
or by email (link is on the library home page). The librarians
will help you!!
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