Access Tutorials

Several good links to tutorials on learning Access and/or basic SQL commands.

AU's FEC data

Here's the place to get Federal Election Commission files showing who is donating to federal candidates for office. These files already have been transformed into .dbf format so they will import easily into Foxpro or Access.

CarCarr

The Megasources of Computer Assisted Reporting & Research from, of course, the same guy who gave you Megasources.

CARR & Business

A handout from an IRE conference on using CARR techniques for business reporting.

CARR & Politics

A handout on using CARR techniques for political reporting.

Carr Talk

General topic page on CARR reporting.

Census Data

Here's where you can download your own databases from the 2000 Census.

Drew's Databases

Drew Sullivan has compiled a list of federal government databases that you can access directly with prebuilt SQL commands or download into your computer and write your own slice and dice commands.

Excel Tutorials

Teach yourself how to use Excel spreadsheet operations quickly and easily with this step by step guide from Furman University.

Journalism Net

Excellent list of databases available around the world that can be downloaded to your computer for analysis.

NICAR

The home of the National Institute on Computer Assisted Reporting, the folks who run the boot camps on using spreadsheets and databases.

Power Reporting

Fantastic collection of links compiled by Bill Dedman, the first reporter to win a Pulitzer with computer assisted reporting.

The J Files

Jeff South, a former computer assisted reporter in Austin, has a web resource that is aimed at newbies.