Databases

Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management
by Peter Rob, Carlos Coronel
Average Customer Review: based on 14 reviews.
Customer Review: Great Book, great information. I thought I knew something about databases having worked with them for 7 years. This book open my mind to the theories and the beginnings that need to take place before trying to make a database in a software. Very helpful and easy read book.

Modern Database Management (9th Edition)
by Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Mary Prescott, Heikki Topi
Average Customer Review: based on 17 reviews.
Customer Review: I used this book in graduate school while taking the Database Management System course. The book has usefull information. It help me understand and practice normalization. Some unfamiliar concepts also were learnt from the book. I can recommend this book to anyone getting into the database world.

Databases Demystified (Demystified)
by Andrew Oppel
Average Customer Review: based on 24 reviews.
Customer Review: Very clear and concise coverage of many essential database issues. I really appreciate the brevity and lack of unnecessary jargon and formalism. However it's definitely worth pointing out that the examples come from Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Access and to a lesser degree Oracle.

Citing Ancestry.com Databases & Images Quicksheet
by Elizabeth Shown Mills
Average Customer Review: based on 1 review.
Customer Review: I am glad this was recommended to me. I have Mills' book and this card is a great productivity aid.

Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional
by Clare Churcher
Average Customer Review: based on 19 reviews.
Customer Review: I wanted to learn the fundamentals of modeling data and designing appropriate SQL tables for a moderately complicated online database, and I had been very frustrated with another book on data modeling that I had started off reading. Fortunately, I decided to try this Churcher book instead. It is clearly the work of a very intelligen...

The Manga Guide to Databases
by Mana Takahashi, Shoko Azuma, Ltd. TREND-PRO-pro Co.
Average Customer Review: based on 17 reviews.
Customer Review: Most of my friends and colleagues had to laugh when I told about or showed them this manga guide. Though this book is really fun to read and contains many subtle jokes, it's not something to dismiss as some crazy comic book. Don't fool yourself, under the happy Manga lies a superb learning book on databases. The book deals with the ...

Database Concepts (4th Edition)
by David M. Kroenke, David Auer
Average Customer Review: based on 11 reviews.
Customer Review: Great seller, book was in new condition like stated, was shipped and recieved very fast

Database Processing (11th Edition)
by David M. Kroenke, David Auer
Average Customer Review: based on 2 reviews.
Customer Review: Book was delayed by Postal Service and did not meet deadline. Replacement book was sent overnight by Amazon, but too late to begin class. Book was in excellent condition.

Database Systems: A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management (5th Edition)
by Thomas M. Connolly, Carolyn E. Begg
Average Customer Review: based on 1 review.
Customer Review: This book is the fifth edition. It has 34 chapters, over 1000 pages. The theoretical foundation is clearly presented. Using Oracle architecture to explain the concept is excellent. Coverages on Security and Administration, Distributed DBMS, Mobile Databases, SQL 2008, Java, XML are all good. I recommend this book to all database profe...

Concepts of Database Management (Sam 2007 Compatible Products)
by Philip J. Pratt, Joseph J. Adamski
Average Customer Review: based on 14 reviews.
Customer Review: The Book is in exellent condition and the price was great. This economic budget has made everyone look for ways to save money.