An introduction to database systems / C.J. Date.

PART I PRELIMINARIES
Chapter 1 An overview of database management
1.1 Introduction
1.2 What is a database system?
1.3 What is a database?
1.4 Why database?
1.5 Data independence
etc.

Chapter 2 Database system architecture
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The three levels of the architecture
2.3 The external level
2.4 The conceptual level
2.5 The internal level
etc.

Chapter 3 An introduction to relation databases
3.1 Introduction
3.2 An informal look at the relational model
3.3 Relations and relvars
3.4 What relations mean
3.5 Optimization
etc.

Chapter 4 An introduction to SQL
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Overview
4.3 The catalog
4.4 Views
4.5 Transactions
etc.

PART II THE RELATIONAL MODEL
Chapter 5 Types
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Values, vs. Variables
5.3 Types vs. representations
5.4 Type definition
5.5 Operators
etc.

Chapter 6 Relations
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Tuples
6.3 Relation types
6.4 Relation values
etc.

Chapter 7 Relational algebra
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Closure revisited
7.3 The original algebra: Syntax
7.4 The original algebra: Semantics
etc.

Chapter 8 Relational calculus
8.1 introduction
8.2 Tuple calculus
8.3 Examples
8.4 Calculus vs. Algebra
etc.

Chapter 9 Integrity
9.1 Introduction
9.2 A closer look
9.3 predicates and propositions
etc.

Chapter 10 Views
10.1 Introduction
10.2 What are views for?
10.3 view retrievals
etc.

PART III DATABASE DESIGN
Chapter 11 Functional dependencies
11.1 Introduction
11.2 basic definitions
11.3 Trivial and nontrivial dependencies
etc.

Chapter 12 Further normalization I: 1NF, 2NF, 3NF, BCNF
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Nonloss decomposition and functional dependencies
12.3 First, second, and third normal forms
etc.

Chapter 13 Further normalization II: Higher normal forms
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Multi-valued dependencies and fourth normal form
13.3 Join dependencies and fifth normal form
etc.

Chapter 14 Semantic modelling
14.1 Introduction
14.2 The overview approach
14.3 The E/R model
etc.

PART IV TRANSACTION MANAGEMENT
Chapter 15 Recovery
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Transactions
15.3 Transaction recovery
etc.

Chapter 16 Concurrency
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Three concurrency
16.3 Locking
etc.

PART V FURTHER TOPICS
Chapter 17 Security
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Discretionary access control
17.3 Mandatory access control
etc.

Chapter 18 Optimization
18.1 Introduction
18.2 A motivating example
18.3 An overview of query processing
etc.

Chapter 19 Missing information
19.1 Introduction
19.2 An overview of the 3VL approach
19.3 Some consequences of the foregoing scheme
etc.

Chapter 20 Types inheritance
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Type hierarchies
20.3 Polymorphism and substitutability
etc.

Chapter 21 Distributed databases
21.1 Introduction
22.2 Some preliminaries
22.3 The twelve objectives
etc.

Chapter 23 Temporal databases
23.1 Introduction
23.2 What is the problem?
23.3 Intervals
etc.

Chapter 24 Logic-Based databases
24.1 Introduction
24.2 Overview
24.3 Proposition
etc.

PART VI OBJECTS, RELATIONS, AND XML
Chapter 25 Object databases
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Objects, classes, methods, and messages
25.3 A closer look
etc.

Chapter 26 Object/Relational databases
26.1 Introduction
26.2 The first great builder
26.3 The second great builder
etc.

Chapter 27 The World Wide Web and XML
27.1 Introduction
27.2 The web and the internet
27.3 An overview of XML
etc.

Includes bibliographical references ._ Index : p. I-1 - I-22