Advanced Database Projects in Access, 3rd edition
Contains CD-ROM

By Ian Rendell and Julian Mott
December 2008
Hodder Education
Distrubuted by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
ISBN: 9780340929254
276 pages, Illustrated
$42.50 Paper Original

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Summary:

This third edition of the best selling text Database Projects in Access features a new colour design and updated project advice that covers the requirements of the Applied A level specifications as well as AQA's ICT A level course. This book is aimed at a number of Advanced courses of study within the National Qualifications Framework currently available in schools and colleges, supported by AQA, OCR, Edexcel and WJEC.

Advanced Database Projects in Access TM has been comprehensively revised and extended to cover the requirements of all GCE Applied A and AS Level ICT database units, in addition to the coursework requirements of A and AS Levels in both ICT and Computing, and the database requirements of the IT Specialised Diploma. The materials and approach used in the book should also be applicable to students on many courses in further and higher education where a study of databases through Microsoft Access TM is necessary.

Microsoft Access TM is a popular choice of relational database software, allowing students to develop and customise systems for a real user. This book covers everything a student needs to know to produce a high quality project, including:

• - Key features of the software to include tables, forms, queries and reports;
• - The development of a fully customised solution, including features such as subforms, macros, action queries and fully customised reports;
• - Starting points and scenarios to aid project development;
• - Guidance on how a project should be documented.

  The book also includes many valuable tricks and tips, making the use of Access TM easier and fun:

* Written by the authors of the first two best selling editions
* Caters for the requirements of the Applied A level specifications as well as the AQA ICT A level
* Features a new colour design
* Includes a free Dynamic Learning Student Edition CD-ROM

Table of Contents:

Part 1 – Developing a system
Part 2 - Starting Points
Part 3 - Documenting Solutions
Part 4 - Tricks, Tips and FAQs
Part 5 - Project Scenarios

About the Author(s): Ian Rendell and Julian Mott have over 20 years of experience in teaching ICT and Computing to post-16 students. They are both practising teachers, being Heads of ICT in two of the largest schools in the country. Both authors have senior moderating and coursework advisory roles with a major examination board.

Readership: Students

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