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06/06/06. The Instructors. Allyson Mower, Digital Initiatives, 581-5263, amower@lib.med.utah.eduAlice Weber, Collection Development, 587-9247, aweber@lib.med.utah.eduJoan Gregory, Technical Services, 581-5269, joang@lib.med.utah.edu. 06/06/06. Your Expectations/Experience?.
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1. 06/06/06 Microsoft Access The Basics
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3. 06/06/06 Your Expectations/Experience?
4. 06/06/06 Class Objectives To learn when to use MS Access
To learn how to use MS Access
Toolbars
Views
Data entry and editing
To create usable databases of your own
Using templates and wizards
Using basic queries and reports
5. 06/06/06 Definitions MS Access - software used for creating databases
Quickly
Accurately
Using wizards and templates developed to maintain the integrity of your data
Data are just information
Database
Collection of data
Related to a particular topic or project
6. 06/06/06 Data Integrity Data must be accurate.
Data are RELATED to other data in your database (e.g., library patron is related to the book(s) that s/he has checked out).
Maintaining the INTEGRITY of the relationship between different pieces of data is very important.
Example of compromised integrity: sending an overdue notice to the wrong library patron
7. 06/06/06 MS Access vs. MS Excel MS Excel
spreadsheet
flat database
all information has a one-to-one relationship
MS Access
like multiple spreadsheets that are connected to one another
one-to-many relationships
many-to-many relationships
8. 06/06/06 Examples Printed Phone Directory (White Pages)
Flat database: One-to-one relationships
Library Catalog
Relational database: Many-to-many relationships
Library patrons check out many books.
Books are checked out by many patrons.
University Class Schedule
Students have many professors.
Professors have many students.
Classes can be held in many classrooms.
9. 06/06/06 MS Access vs. MS Excel The choice is simple:
IF you have only one-to-one relationships, you need to use MS Excel.
IF you have one-to-many or many-to-many relationships, you need to use MS Access.
10. 06/06/06 Questions
11. 06/06/06 Now for the Hands-On Practice!
MS Access Tutorial