Complete Newbie - Design help needed!

deselby

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Hi there all,

I'm completely new to the world of databases, but I was thinking that using Access might make this particular task of mine a bit easier. I'm a teacher, and have a huge number of resources, prepared lessons and various other bits and pieces linked to lessons or topics that I would like to start piecing together in one place, rather than having all the various files scattered across a huge number of different locations. I guessed that setting up relationships based on the topics or the level of work in Access would make this a lot easier, and the database itself could provide links to the original files in question, regardless of their location. As far as I can think, I would basically need to assign keywords to each file, and then I'd be able to either run searches or navigate a series of forms to sort all the files according to the topic in question.

Now...

That all sounds fine (in my head, at least), but I have absolutely no idea about how to start transcribing this into a database! I've tried watching some tutorial videos online, but they almost always seem concerned with keeping and managing customer data, which I don't think is relevant in this case (or more likely, it is, but I can't think about how to equate customers with topics in my subject!). Could anybody who is a bit more database-minded perhaps give me some help in getting an overall recommended structure for this project?

Any help will be greatly appreciated, and thank you for your time in reading this.

John
 

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