Access is one of the most widely used pieces of software. Perhaps more so

than any other common program, such as Word or Excel, though, many of its

users find it more vexing to really understand and use well. This is because you

can't use Access successfully without a framework in your head of how a

relational database management system works, and almost none of us have that

training. While there are many books on Access, most of them are either

introductory tutorials on how to use Access's features, or big comprehensive

references. None of them give a good solid grounding in basic database design

principles. This book fills that need; there really is no other book on Access like

it on the market. The author has written for on Access for more than seven

years, and knows how to present complicated principles clearly and in an easyto-

understand way.