Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)

Hey guys, as u can see i'm having an error loading the derby drivers.

String driver = "org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver";
try {
      Class.forName(driver);
    } catch (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

I downloaded the netbeans ide 6.5 and I've created some java desktop database applications and let the project build an interface to sample databases I created but when I create a blank java project to do the coding myself I get an exception saying java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver . Anyone know how I resolve this issue? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks