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Living things database

The Living things database gives you the opportunity to use different criteria to group organisms.   The picture following is a form view of a record in the Living things database.

The individual fields in this database are: Name, Phylum, Class, Description, Picture.  

Open the database by choosing one of the following methods.

From the Internet

Download (PC version)

This is a zipped file which should download and unzip. Open the Living things solution folder and then the Start here file. You may have to open the Living things solution.exe file first.

Download (Mac version only OSX)

This is a stuffit file which should download and unzip. Open the Start here file.

See if you can find the individual fields in the diagram.

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There are also four buttons on the right hand side. Each of these buttons has been given a function. Roll your mouse over the buttons above to read the function of each.

Here is the database showing the table form.

Table view of spreadsheet

 
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Lesson 19 - Using a database

 
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