I found the section in the manual. Kicking myself for not having seen this part thats what a weekend break will do for you. Once I was able to get through this part everything works as expected. I was distracted away from the create database part by the jdbc part and assuming this was like many of the other applications I have installed. As a DBA, I like this approch better. One thing I didn't see which was the database name mentioned.
Setting up the database
Create a database for PeerReview Complete. It is recommended that you also create a username/password pair just for PeerReview Complete and give this account full access to the database and no access to other databases.
When you visit the web page for PeerReview Complete, it will detect that you have a new database and will create all tables, indexes, and views for you automatically.