Overview
Essential Skills--Made Easy!
Gather, organize, and put valuable information at your fingertips with help from this friendly, step-by-step guidebook. Through easy-to-follow tutorials and instructions, you'll learn the basics of designing and building Access databases and applications to store and retrieve all types of data. This proven teaching tool will help you understand data access and modification, regardless of your level of computer knowledge. Along the way, you'll cover plenty of helpful techniques to view and manipulate data, and turn your database into a user-friendly application that supports direct data access and analysis.
Designed for Easy Learning:
• Modules--Each concept is divided into logically organized modules (chapters), ideal for self-paced learning
• Critical Skills--Each module opens with the specific skills covered in the module
• Mastery Checks--End-of-module reviews test knowledge using short-answer, multiple-choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions
• Ask the Experts--Q&A sections throughout are filled with bonus information and helpful tips
• Progress Checks--Quick self-assessment sections check your progress
• Projects--Practical exercises show how to apply the critical skills learned in each module
About the Author: Robert Sheldon is a technical consultant and writer, and has written or co-written eight books on database, network, and server technologies. He has also designed and implemented various Access and SQL Server databases, as well as a variety of Web-based solutions.
Synopsis
Essential Skills—Made Easy!
Gather, organize, and put valuable information at your fingertips with help from this friendly, step-by-step guidebook. Through easy-to-follow tutorials and instructions, you'll learn the basics of designing and building Access databases and applications to store and retrieve all types of data. This proven teaching tool will help you understand data access and modification, regardless of your level of computer knowledge. Along the way, you'll cover plenty of helpful techniques to view and manipulate data, and turn your database into a user-friendly application that supports direct data access and analysis.
Designed for Easy Learning:
- Modules—Each concept is divided into logically organized modules (chapters), ideal for self-paced learning
- Critical Skills—Each module opens with the specific skills covered in the module
- Mastery Checks—End-of-module reviews test knowledge using short-answer, multiple-choice, and fill-in-the-blank questions
- Ask the Experts—Q&A sections throughout are filled with bonus information and helpful tips
- Progress Checks—Quick self-assessment sections check your progress
- Projects—Practical exercises show how to apply the critical skills learned in each module
About the Author: Robert Sheldon is a technical consultant and writer, and has written or co-written eight books on database, network, and server technologies. He has also designed and implemented various Access and SQL Server databases, as well as a variety of Web-based solutions.
Robert Sheldon has worked as a consultant and technical writer for more than ten years. He has designed and implemented various Access and SQL Server databases, as well as designed and implemented a variety of Web-based solutions. In addition to having a technical background, Robert has written or co-written nine books on various network and server technologies.