Click here to look at seminar notes for Access. Click here to look at seminar notes for Access. A database is simply a collection of information all related to one area. For example, a business operation could have a database of employee information. It might also have a database of customer information.
Many individuals maintain personal databases on their home PCs.
Aside from databases for hobbies, an individual could maintain a database of household possessions for insurance purposes. You would want to record information such as the item name, its purchase price, date of purchase, company purchased from, replacement value and so on. It is important that you understand the following definitions before you begin working with databases. A field is one part of the information related to an entity. For example, you might have a name field, or a date field, or a field to hold a person's social insurance number.