This document provides an overview of connecting databases in ASP.NET using ADO.NET. It defines what a database and SQL are, and explains that in ASP.NET there are two main approaches to connecting to databases - ADO.NET and ORM tools like Entity Framework. It then focuses on using ADO.NET, describing how to declare connection strings, establish a connection using SqlConnection, execute commands with SqlCommand, read returned data with SqlDataReader, and close the connection once complete.