Module 13: Introduction to database design and use

This module is part of the Social Science Research Methods Course programme which is a shared platform for providing research students with a broad range of quantitative and qualitative research

Mphil Students from participating departments taking the Social Science Research Methods Course as part of their research degree

• Session 1: Introduction to designing a relational database
• Session 2: Creating tables and queries
• Session 3: Useful operations

The objective is to provide basic introduction to databases

• To learn to use Access menus;tool bars; viewing and browing tables
• To create quick forms; develop queries using Boolean operators
• To perform simpl statistical operations

Presentations, demonstrations and practicals

Three exercises

• Hemingway, V. (1994). Using and Designing Databases for Academic Work: a Practical Guide. Newcastle
• Coppock, T.(ed.) (1999). Information Technology and Scholarship Applications in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Oxford

• To gain the maximum benefits from the course it is important that students do not see this course in isolation from the other MPhil courses or research training they are taking. Responsibility lies with each student to consider the potential for their own research using methods common in fields of the social sciences that may seem remote. Ideally this task will be facilitated by integration of the

Three sessions of three hours

Three times in Lent term