Databases

Database Systems: Design, Implementation, and Management
by Peter Rob, Carlos Coronel
Average Customer Review: based on 7 reviews.
Customer Review: did not require contacting the seller. Product was shipped promptly and in good condition. Thanks

Beginning Database Design: From Novice to Professional
by Clare Churcher
Average Customer Review: based on 16 reviews.
Customer Review: This is a book that surely covers the basics everybody involved in database design needs to know. A first chapter, named "What Can Go Wrong", somewhat short, is all about the shortcomings that will ensue from a poorly modeled database. A summary of the development process, from problem statement to design then to implementation foll...

The Manga Guide to Databases
by Mana Takahashi, Shoko Azuma, Trend-pro Ltd.
Average Customer Review: based on 14 reviews.
Customer Review: I have used relational databases for years. I've used them to store mailing lists, email account data for postfix, blog and forum data, and more. They are convenient and powerful time savers. Most of what I have learned has been indirectly learned while studying something else; documentation for a computer programming language like ...

Fundamentals of Database Systems (5th Edition)
by Ramez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe
Average Customer Review: based on 51 reviews.
Customer Review: although I ordered a new book, There are some scratches on the cover, and it's looked like is not new

Concepts of Database Management, Sixth Edition
by Philip J. Pratt, Joseph J. Adamski
Average Customer Review: based on 11 reviews.
Customer Review: I used this book as a text for my Database Systems course. It's well written in plain English and easy to understand as opposed to many of the textbooks that I've used thus far. It uses easy to grasp examples, and helped me to understand concepts that were previously elusive to me from when I first tried to learn database as an unde...

Database Processing: Fundamentals, Design, and Implementation (10th Edition)
by David Kroenke
Average Customer Review: based on 27 reviews.
Customer Review: Received book within 6 days of order. Book as described, in excellent condition. Will do business again.

Database Design for Mere Mortals-
by Michael J. Hernandez
Average Customer Review: based on 123 reviews.
Customer Review: This book was just the text I was looking for as a n00b data base designer looking to build a data base for a pet project of mine. I'm a forester and forest planner, not a computer specialist. Thus, I needed instruction from the ground up, and this book fit the bill. Some specific praise: First, the book bridged the gap between adm...

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 23 reviews.
Customer Review: Thumbs up. There are lots of reviews there already, and what they say are mostly true in my opinion. It is a good book to read to get general basic knowledge of Database. However might not be as good if you want to learn a specific database software. The book is written in simple and clear words, and is very organized, which is a hu...

Database Management Systems
by Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke, Raghu Ramakrishnan, Johannes Gehrke
Average Customer Review: based on 45 reviews.
Customer Review: This is a little bit more theoretical than most database books. I liked it because this was what I was looking for.