Fundamentals of Database Management Systems

by Mark L. Gillenson

This lean, focused text concentrates on giving students a clear understanding of database fundamentals while providing a broad survey of all the major topics of the field. The result is a text that is easily covered in one semester, and that only includes topics relevant to the database course. Mark Gillenson, an associate editor of the Journal of Database Management, has 15 years experience of working with and teaching at IBM Corp. and 15 years of teaching experience at the college level. He writes in a clear, friendly style that progresses step-by-step through all of the major database topics. Each chapter begins with a story about a real company's database application, and is packed with examples. When students finish the text, they will be able to immediately apply what they've learned in business.  

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

395 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Decoy Spikeyhair · Rating 4 out of 5]

From no experience in databasing this book provided a great overview of the concepts and strategies needed to understand data and database design.

[Drishti Gupta · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is really a very good book I would definately recommend this book to my classmates