Database Applications/Introduction
This lesson introduces database applications, including Microsoft Access and LibreOffice / OpenOffice Base.
Objectives and Skills
editObjectives and skills for this lesson include:
Readings
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editActivities
edit- Complete the tutorial GCF Global: Access 2016 Working with Tables.
- Review McFadyen: Relational Databases and Microsoft Access Chapter 1. Complete all of the exercises in Chapter 1.
Lesson Summary
edit- 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
edit- 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]