< Database Applications

Database Applications/Introduction

This lesson introduces database applications, including Microsoft Access and LibreOffice / OpenOffice Base.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for this lesson include:

    Readings

    1. Wikipedia: Database application
    2. Wikipedia: Microsoft Access
    3. Wikipedia: LibreOffice Base
    4. Harper College: Relational Databases and Microsoft Access - Chapter 1
    5. LibreOffice: Getting Started with Base

    Multimedia

    1. GCF Global: Access 2016 Introduction to Databases
    2. GCF Global: Access 2016 Introduction to Objects
    3. GCF Global: Access 2016 Getting Started
    4. GCF Global: Access 2016 Managing Databases and Objects
    5. YouTube: Getting Started with LibreOffice Base

    Activities

    1. Complete the tutorial GCF Global: Access 2016 Working with Tables.
    2. Review McFadyen: Relational Databases and Microsoft Access Chapter 1. Complete all of the exercises in Chapter 1.

    Lesson Summary

    • Microsoft Access is a database management system (DBMS) from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools. [1]
    • Microsoft Access is a database management system installed on personal computers.
    • Access databases include four objects: tables, queries, forms, and reports.

    Key Terms

    Access Datasheet View
    A view of a table that is much like a spreadsheet. It allows you to enter in your information quickly.[2]
    Access Design View
    A view that allows you to manipulate how data will be created, stored, and displayed on the screen and in reports.[2]
    Microsoft Access
    Microsoft Access is a database management system (DBMS) from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools. [3]

    See Also

    References

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