Excel Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools18 reviews
Raina Hawley

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004

May have to buy another copy

+ A Series of Useful Tips and Tools for Microsoft Excel
+ great supplement
+ Ultimate satisfaction
+ you can put this to good use right away
  
  











  



  
Microsoft Access Data Analysis: Unleashing the Analytical Power of Access19 reviews
Michael Alexander

Wiley, 2006

For Intermediate Users

+ Wonderful!
+ Very useful book
+ Great book.
  
  











  



  
Access 2003 Power Programming with VBA5 reviews
Allen G. Taylor, Virginia Andersen

Wiley, 2003

Best Book for Programming Access

+ Good Book for Programming assistance
+ Solid Introduction to VBA
+ Best Book on Access Programming
  
  











  



  
HTML & XHTML: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series)12 reviews
Thomas Powell

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2003

Pretty much complete and then some

+ One Stop Reference.
+ Good Reference But Not For Beginners
+ The best I could find on XHTML
+ Good reference
  
  











  



  
Building Microsoft® Access Applications (Bpg Other)11 reviews
John L. Viescas

Microsoft Press, 2005

Very Solid, useful book for development of Access Applications.

+ Not good for the newbie but good for the seasoned!!
+ Good book but not all the answers
+ Not for the newbie!
  
  











  



  
Microsoft Office Excel 2003 Inside Out (Microsoft Office Excel Inside Out)16 reviews
Craig Stinson, Mark Dodge

Microsoft Press, 2003

Highly Satisfied (as always)

+ Great resource
+ Love It
+ microsoft offic excel 2003 inside out
  
  











  



  
Access 2003 Bible29 reviews
Cary N. Prague, Michael R. Irwin, ...

Wiley, 2003

ACCESS Bilble

+ Reasonable Teaching and Reference Book
+ THE book for Access
+ Excellent reference material
  
  











  



  
Access Hacks: Tips & Tools for Wrangling Your Data (Hacks)10 reviews
Ken Bluttman

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005

Grab bag of handy tips and tricks

+ Access Hacks - Rocks!
+ Not bad, but one of the weaker ones

This is a fine set of 100 tips and tricks that will help you get the most out of Access. It's a good combination of simple tricks, and more advanced coding hacks. Involving everything for networks, to XML, to data crunching ideas. Even if you don't find exactly what you are looking for in terms of ...
  
  











  



  
Access 2003 Programming by Example with VBA, XML, and ASP6 reviews
Julitta Korol

Wordware Publishing, Inc., 2005

Fantastic book for intermediate-advanced users

+ Helps me a great deal - every day!
+ Good Reference To Have
+ For the MsAccess maniac
+ Almost Great
  
  











  



  
Microsoft Access 2003 Forms, Reports, and Queries (Business Solutions)13 reviews
Paul McFedries

Que, 2004

Useful book

+ This was very useful

This book is very useful for a beginner in Access. Not very difficult to go through, however, seems to lack examples. Nevertheless, the book is worth the purchase for someone willing to learn querying, reporting and forms.
  
  











  



  
JavaScript: The Complete Reference, Second Edition9 reviews
Thomas Powell, Fritz Schneider

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2004

Javascript Reference

+ The Future is here.
+ A decent book
+ thorough coverage of the language
+ Not a a very good language guide
  
  











  



  
Excel PivotTables and Charts (Mr Spreadsheet)3 reviews
Peter G. Aitken

Wiley, 2006

A real lifesaver.

+ Clean and useful

After struggling with pivot tables this book finally helped me to understand them. It's clear and has lots of examples. It deals with the problems you can run into also. It has really helped me at work where I need to use Excel for a lot of things.
  
  











  



  
Excel 2003 Power Programming with VBA (Excel Power Programming With Vba)36 reviews
John Walkenbach

For Dummies, 2004

Wonderful Excel Book

+ Informative, but Difficult to Find Information at Times
+ Strongly recommend Excel 2003 Power Programming
+ Excel 2003 PPVBA
+ It's one of the best Excel book I have.
  
  











  



  
SQL Bible15 reviews
Alex Kriegel, Boris M. Trukhnov

Wiley, 2003

The required reference manual

+ Best SQL EVER
+ Technical but the CD ROM is a great supplement
+ Great all-around book
  
  











  



  
Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language (Pro Developer)20 reviews
Francesco Balena

Microsoft Press, 2006

Excellent, monumental book - but not for everyone

+ Great VB book for serious VB Programmers.
+ Good Book
+ a great book
+ Great book -- but probabably not for newbies
  
  











  



  
Crystal Reports XI Official Guide (Business Objects Press)5 reviews
Neil Fitzgerald, et al.

Sams, 2006

Good book for learning and reference.

+ Similar to Using Bo Crystla reports xi
+ Good book
+ Solid For Novice/Intermediate Users
  
  











  



  
SQL Pocket Guide (Pocket References)17 reviews
Jonathan Gennick

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

Great reference

+ SQL
+ sq reference
+ Great for quick answers to common questions
+ Very nice for remember details
  
  











  



  
Excel 2003 Bible40 reviews
John Walkenbach

Wiley, 2003

This book Saved me in my new job

+ EXCEL
+ Great Resource
+ Excel Bible 2003
+ Great Desk Reference Book
  
  











  



  
SQL In A Nutshell, 2nd Edition35 reviews
Kevin Kline, Daniel Kline, ...

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004

Cross platform syntax reference

+ An SQL Reference Book
+ Nice Pocket Reference For SQL
+ Maintaining several SQL implementations?
+ Great reference, but tough to find what you're looking for
  
  











  



  
Microsoft Office Access 2003: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series)5 reviews
Virginia Andersen

McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2003

Great Reference

+ Good reference for newbie

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 ...