Microsoft Office Access 2003: The Complete Reference [With CDROM]

I checked out approximately two dozen books about MS Access from my local library system and found this one to be far and away the best of the bunch. Most books were similar to the "dummies" books that we've all come to know over the years. This book, on the other hand, provides in-depth step-by-step instructions for both the basic and more advanced features available in MS Access. Given the need for timeliness in my work, I generally use this as a reference rather than an instructional tool. I've recommended the book to several coworkers and they have found it useful as well.

Of the various manuals around the office (some being coworkers children's college texts) - I found this book to be the most helpful getting me started. I am very familiar with MS Word and Excel but never had a need to use Access. This book covered all the basics about table design, relationships, queries, etc. So far answers to all the problems I've encountered with Access have been found in this book.