To get started with Access 2000, you can create a database for a class project to conduct a census. Students can gather information from interviews and store it in a database, then compare the results with city census results from the past four decades. They can use Access 2000 queries to analyze how demographics vary in different neighborhoods and how they have changed over time.

CREATE A DATABASE

1. Start Access 2000.

2. In the Microsoft Access dialog box, select Blank Access 2000 database and click OK.

3. In the File New Database window, decide where you want to store the database on your computer and name the database Student Census.

4. Click Create.

When you click Create, the Student Census database opens. You can now create and store tables, forms, reports, and queries in the census database.