Week 10: Muddy/ Microsoft Access

Before watching the lectures and completing the Access Scavenger Hunt this week, I was not familiar with Microsoft Access.  I have never had to use it for a class or project so everything was new to me. Database Management Systems seem so logical to me now but I had not put thought into how companies organize all of the data they deal with. I am now pleased to say that I have learned to create tables, import/export data, learn about queries and pretty much discover most of the tools used in Microsoft Access. 

The most difficult concept for me to grasp was working with external data in Microsoft Access. All of the options of what to do with the data made it seem a lot more complicated to me until I really focused on what was going on in the lectures. Once I realized what the teacher was doing with the data and that a delimiter separates data and a text qualifier shows access that the information is text, filling out the scavenger hunt made a lot more sense. Whenever I had trouble with the assignment I visited the Microsoft Access website to help me out. I am hoping that I will become more familiar with these tools when I complete the Database Project because I do think database management systems are very important to companies for organization and research purposes, like customer preferences.