Databases illuminated /
Catherine M. Ricardo.
- Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2004.
- xix, 874 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [847]-854) and index.
Introductory Database Concepts -- Database Planning and Database Architecture -- The Entity-Relationship Model -- The Relational Model -- Normalization -- Relational Database Management Systems and SQL -- The Enhanced Entity Relationship Model and Object-Relational Model -- The Object-Oriented Model -- Introduction to Database Security -- Transaction Management -- Query Optimization -- Distributed Databases and Client-Server Architecture -- Databases and the Internet -- Social and Ethical Issues -- Data Warehouses and Data Mining -- Appendix A: Physical data organization -- Appendix B: The Network Model -- Appendix C: The Hierarchical Model.