Databases Illuminated integrates database theory with a practical approach to database design and implementation. The text is specifically designed for the modern database student, who will be expected to know both theory and applied design and implementation as professionals in the field. The author presents a sample database project throughout the text, using this unique pedagogical tool to take students step-by-step through all the key concepts of database theory, design, and management. These major concepts are rehearsed in independent student projects that follow each chapter.

• Balanced coverage of Theory and Application • Unique bands on approach • Social and ethical issues are fully explored • Coverage of Access and Oracle • Skills focused pedagogy • Comprehensive coverage of models

Preface / Acknowledgments / 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

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