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LS 560: Database Project

Tonya OlsonApril 14, 2014

+The Problem…LS 560 required students to build a website. As part of

this assignment, I included a section entitled “Literary Loves” highlighting my favorite books and a link to my Goodreads page.

While my Goodreads page details books that I’ve read and want to read, I thought it would be interesting to have a section that details the many books I own, including those that I have not read.

+The Solution…Build a database!

The database I built contains a selection of books contained in my personal library. A more comprehensive database would include all the books in my collection, but because of time and skill restrictions, I kept it smaller.

My database containedthe following tables: Authors Books Favorites Gender Genre

+Author Table

+Books Table

+Gender Table

Favorite Table

Genre Table

+Table Relationships

+Query #1For my first query, I wanted to see which books I own,

but have not read yet. When viewed in SQL format, it appears like this:

In design view,it appears like this:

And the results are:

+Query #2For my second query, I wanted to see which books I

consider my favorites AND are written by women. When viewed inSQL format, it appears like this:

In design view,it appears like this:

+Query #2 (continued)

And the results are:

+Website Mock-UpIn order to illustrate my website’s database integration, I’ve added a

tab called “My Library” which features the selection of books,

as well as buttons toaccess the results ofthe two queries.If time had allowed,I think more queriescould make this taban interesting way toget to know me andmy reading habits.

Mock-Ups canalso be found at:

http://bit.ly/QhDzFK

+Query #1 Results Mock-Up

+Query #2 Results Mock-Up