Using Electronic Databases Part 2

Open your browser at the following address.

www.yellowpages.com.au

 Use the website to answer the following problems.

1.    I know there is a computer shop in the main street of Katoomba (Katoomba St.), but I don’t know its name. See if you can find the number for me.

Blue Mountains Business Machines

     Ph: (02) 4782 2333

2.    Sally lives in Merrylands on Fowler Rd. and she wants to know the closest florist to where she lives. Help her out (see if you can get her a map).

     M &A Fresh Cut Flowers

     91a Fowler Rd, Merrylands NSW 2160
     Ph: (02) 9892 1564

3.    You want the phone numbers of some motels in Noosa QLD. But of course your phone book only has NSW numbers?

Noosa Heads Motel

71 Noosa Drv, Noosa Heads QLD 4567
Ph: (07) 5440 4550

Noosa Village Motel

10 Hastings St, Noosa Heads QLD 4567
Ph: (07) 5447 5800


Is the yellow/white pages a database? Give reasons for your answer.

Yes. As yellow pages have the name, address and phone numbers of different business and the white pages has the address and phone numbers of many people. They are both a collection of information that is similar, so they can be seen as a database.


 What can you see as some of the advantages of using this electronic database compared to the conventional paper based version of the yellow pages?

-       Faster to find information

-       Tells you where to find it exactly

-       Easier to keep up to date- making it more reliable

-       More time efficient

-       Search any category- multiple categories

-       Save space and paper

-       Ready access

Do you see any dangers or disadvantages in this online version of the yellow pages?

-       Invasion of privacy

-       Remote area don’t have easy access

-       Poorer people/ disadvantaged who don’t have money for internet

-       The Elderly who can’t access the internet