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Intermediate database concepts include database search and the difference between spreadsheets and databases.

Objectives and Skills edit

Objectives and skills for databases include:[1]

  • Know appropriate search terms for database searches
  • Distinguish between spreadsheets and databases

Multimedia edit

  1. YouTube: Quick Tips & Shortcuts for Database Searching
  2. YouTube: MS Access 2007 Tutorial - Spreadsheets Vs Databases. Which one should I use?

Activities edit

  1. Use Google Scholar to perform an advanced database search for the words library database search in the title of the article.
  2. Based on the spreadsheet application in use on your system, perform an Internet search for spreadsheet limits for that application. Identify when a database application would be a better choice (number of rows, number of columns, or number of tables).

See Also edit

References edit

  1. ↑ University of New South Wales: Computer Skills Assessment Framework
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