Hi, my name is Manuel. I am a fresh-person here at CMC. The twenty-first century isn't called the information age for nothing. Now more than ever we find ourselves dealing with larger and larger volumes of information. Whether you're managing thousands of customer records or just trying to figure out which episodes of "The Office" you're missing, there is a class of computer programs referred to as "databases" which can help you make sense of your information. Essentially a database consists of one or more tables each containing one or more rows. There are no restrictions on what you can store in the tables or what you can do with the information. Armed with this flexibilty and some planning you can represent almost any collection of information and then organize it or manipulate it to your heart's content. This may sound a bit daunting, but don't worry. By the time you finish this short course you'll be ready to start building your own databases.
Objectives:
Once you have finished this study guide, you will be able to:
Identify the basic principles of database design
Build simple databases and populate them with information
Create forms and reports using Access
Workload:
This course takes less than three hours to complete. You can work straight through, or jump to specific parts of the course. Unless you already have some experience with Access, however, you should make sure you understand the earlier sections before moving on.
