IC3/Database Software

A database is an organized collection of data. Database software, also known as database management systems (DBMSs), are specially designed applications that interact with the user, other applications, and the database itself to capture and analyze data.^[1]

This lesson introduces database software and helps learners prepare for the IC³ Key Applications certification exam.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the database software portion of IC³ certification include:

Skills^[2]

• Record Managements: Run reports, search and use stored queries, input data (records)

Readings

1. Read Wikipedia: Database.

Multimedia

1. Watch YouTube: Microsoft Access: How to Create a Database.
2. Watch YouTube: Microsoft Access Create a Table.
3. Watch YouTube: Using Microsoft Access To Organize Your Life.

Activities

1. Complete one or more of the following tutorials:
   • LibreOffice Base
   • Microsoft Access
   • Training courses for Access 2010
   • Training courses for Access 2013

See Also

• Introduction to Computers
• Information Systems/Databases
• Database Fundamentals

References

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