Video Tutorials make learning MS Access easy

Almost every career path requires prior experience with Microsoft Office. Most of my classmates at Carleton University already have prior knowledge of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, but rarely Microsoft Access. I guess it is so, because the latter is not often utilized for personal needs. As my BUSI 2400 professor Al Pilcher outlined, almost every work place in office environment would require an employee to have a good understanding of what a database is and how to build it, how to edit the data and how to query.

Personally, I find that the easiest way to learn it is by attending a tutorial. When someone goes throught the main functions and features of the software while displaying the steps on the screen, it helps the learning process by providing a visual association.

To complement the tutorials, I searched for additional materials online, and found the following video tutorials, which I found extremely useful and beneficial for learning MS Access:

Microsoft Access 2007 Video Tutorial - Simple query formulas combining field values, arithmetic on field values, creating alias field names, and use of NZ function

Microsoft Access 2007 Video Tutorial - Query Table Joins

Microsoft Access 2007 Video Tutorial - Queries Part Three - Query Criteria Methods and use of Like Operator and Wildcard

Microsoft Access 2007 Video Tutorial - Action Queries - Make Table Query, Update Query, Append Query, Delete Query

Microsoft Access 2007 Video Tutorial - Using Aggregate Functions in Group By Queries