Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Access 2003 in 24 Hours

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Summary: Confusing for the Beginner
Review: Having absolutely no experience with Access or database programs, I thought this book would give me a good basis to work from. Unfortunately, the book seems to assume that you have used a previous version of Access or that you understand the lingo related to databases. There is no glossary of terms, which would be helpful. The book also glosses over many areas with little explaination or detail.

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Summary: Excellent -- just what I was looking for
Review: I had already been familiar with Alison Balter's books, having purchased one on an earlier version of Access. This book is similar in all the right ways -- extremely accessible (pardon the pun), no fluff, and tempered through years of working with both the programs AND the people who use them. When I am looking for books on database programming, I now look first to see if Alison Balter has written on the subject, having had to plough through some of the other books, from which I derived much less.