MGT 204: Principles of Management: Researching a Company

Evaluating Sources

When selecting sources to use in assignments, keep in mind the points of DRAMA. Whether you get information from library databases or the internet, know who created the information and why and always keep in mind how you will use the information you find in your assignment.  

Citing Profiles from D&B Hoovers and FirstResearch

D&B Hoovers

     Basic Citation:   Hoovers, Inc. (current year). Company Name. Retrieved Month DD, YYYY, from D&B Hoovers.

     Cite a Profile Section:  Hoovers, Inc. (current year). Company Name: Section name. Retrieved Month DD, YYYY, from D&B Hoovers.

Example (for the Company History section of the Starbucks Corporation profile in D&B Hoovers)

     Hoovers, Inc. (2021). Starbucks Corporation:  Company history. Retrieved March 3, 2021, from D&B Hoovers.

FirstResearch

     Basic Citation:   Hoovers, Inc. (date - YYYY, Month DD). Industry Report Name. Retrieved Month DD, YYYY, from FirstResearch.

    Cite a Profile Section:  Hoovers, Inc. (date - YYYY, Month DD). Industry Report Name: Section name. Retrieved Month DD, YYYY, from        FirstResearch.

Example (for the Critical Issues section of the Coffee Shop industry profile in FirstResearch)

      Hoovers, Inc. (2021, February 15). Coffee Shops: Critical issues. Retrieved March 3, 2021, from FirstResearch.

NOTE 1:  Hoovers is the publisher for both of these databases.  Since there is no author for the profiles, you use the publisher in place of the author.

NOTE 2:  FirstResearch provides a day date at the top right of each industry profile, so you must include that date in your citation in the format provided above.  Yes, APA 7th uses two different date formats (see the retrieval statement).  This is because the year of publication is the most important part of the date in APA, but they also want to capture any other date information for when an item was published.