Introduction to Databases

Complete the On-line Intro to Access. Answer the following questions in your own words, do NOT cut and paste.

1. Access is a "relational" database. What does this mean?

2. What do forms and reports allow you to do?

3. What types of situations are appropriate for using Access?

4. Why would someone want to use an Access template instead of creating their own database?

5. What are some to the things that a form provides?

6. Go on-line and find two web sites that make use of a database. List the URL of the site and indicate what type of information is stored in the database.

7. Take a guess as to how the data is organized, what tables would their DB contain?