BIM 81 Records and Database Management

Units: 3
This course is designed to build an understanding of the basic principles and procedures of manual and electronic records storage, records control, and retrieval of business records and data. The course provides specific filing rules compatible with the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) guidelines for alphabetic indexing applied to alphabetic, geographic, subject, and numeric methods of records storage. In addition to traditional filing and records management rules and methodologies, students learn to navigate within an electronic records database. The course includes an introduction to the concepts of using database software, such as Microsoft Access for business professionals. It provides the fundamental principles and techniques of traditional record keeping, with an introduction to electronic database software.