About this Site

Have you ever wished

• Your students could learn to analyze information in a more sophisticated fashion?
• Or be able to work with "real world problems?"

Maybe incorporating database concepts into the classroom can help.

Databases are used in almost all fields of research and in daily life. Teaching students to use databases more efficiently is an important life skill that may also help them become better students.

Common Questions (And Answers)

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What does all that jargon mean?		Glossary
How can I realistically incorporate databases into the classroom?		Teaching Ideas
Why bother with databases in the first place?		Why Databases?
What are some tips for searching a database?		Search Tips
You mean Excel and EndNote are databases?		Databases in Disguise
Where is everything?		Site Map

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Last Update: September 6, 2005