1. ACCESS

2. WHAT IS ACCESS? ACCESS IS A DATABASE SOFTWARE PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY MICROSOFT.

3. WHAT IS DATA? DATA = INFORMATION DATA/INFO ABOUT A SPECIFIC TOPIC!!!

4. EXAMPLES OF HOW TO USE ACCESS CAREER RESEARCH—THE JOBS YOU LIKE COLLECTION OF RECIPES ---ALL IN ONE OR COLLECTION OF RECIPES –SPECIFIC TO CHOCOLATE COLLECTION OF CD’S ALL YOUR RELATIVES NAMES, ADDRESSES, BIRTHDAYS, ETC. SKYWARD IS A DATABASE GOOGLE IS A DATABASE

5. WHAT DOES ACCESS ALLOW YOU TO DO? TO STORE INFORMATION FIND INFORMATION ANALYZE THE INFO AND YOU CAN PRINT IT OUT ALSO SHARE IT… MANAGE INFORMATION MANIPULATE/CHANGE/MODIFY

6. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS/ATTRIBUTES OF ACCESS? THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF OBJECTS/TOOLS WITHIN THE SOFTWARE: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE ALL OF THEM……. THE MAIN ONE THAT YOU MUST USE IS CALLED A TABLE. TABLE = HEART & SOUL OF A DATABASE NO TABLE = NO DATABASE

7. CONTINUED WHAT DOES THE TABLE DO? STORES THE DATA (INFORMATION) IT PUTS THE DATA IN COLUMNS AND ROWS COLUMN IS CONSIDERED IN A DATABASE TO BE A FIELD (UNIT OF INFO) ROWS ARE THE VARIABLES THAT CHANGE WITH EACH ENTRY…….(records) ALL THE OTHER OBJECTS ARE THE TOOLS YOU USE TO ANALYZE, MANIPULATE, AND STORE THE DATA. Such as: Reports Forms Queries Filters