Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Databases
• Chapter 2 Database Environment
• Chapter 3 Database Architectures and the Web
• Chapter 4 The Relational Model
• Chapter 5 Relational Algebra and Relational Calculus
• Chapter 6 SQL: Data Manipulation
• Chapter 7 SQL: Data Definition
• Chapter 8 Advanced SQL
• Chapter 9 Object-Relational DBMSs
• Chapter 10 Database System Development Lifecycle
• Chapter 11 Database Analysis and the Dream Home Case Study
• Chapter 12 Entity-Relationship Modeling
• Chapter 13 Enhanced Entity-Relationship Modeling
• Chapter 14 Normalization
• Chapter 15 Advanced Normalization
• Chapter 16 Methodology - Conceptual Database Design
• Chapter 17 Methodology - Logical Database Design for the Relational Model
• Chapter 18 Methodology - Physical Database Design for Relational Databases
• Chapter 19 Methodology - Monitoring and Tuning the Operational System
• Chapter 20 Security and Administration
• Chapter 21 Professional, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Data Management
• Chapter 22 Transaction Management
• Chapter 23 Query Processing
• Chapter 24 Distributed DBMSs - Concepts and Design
• Chapter 25 Distributed DBMSs - Advanced Concepts
• Chapter 26 Replication and Mobile Databases
• Chapter 27 Object-Oriented DBMSs - Concepts and Design
• Chapter 28 Object-Oriented DBMSs - Standards and Systems
• Chapter 29 Web Technology and DBMSs
• Chapter 30 Semistructured Data and XML
• Chapter 31 Data Warehousing Concepts
• Chapter 32 Data Warehousing Design
• Chapter 33 OLAP
• Chapter 34 Data Mining

About the Author

Thomas M. Connolly is the Head of the Computing and Information Systems division at the University of Paisley.

Carolyn E. Begg is a lecturer at the University of Paisley, with research interests in Information Systems, Database Management Systems, and Decision Support Systems within medicine.