Databases Illuminated / Edition 3

by Catherine M. Ricardo, Susan D. Urban

Overview

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Databases Illuminated, Third Edition combines database theory with a practical approach to database design and implementation. Strong pedagogical features, including accessible language, real-world examples, downloadable code, and engaging hands-on projects and lab exercises create a text with a unique combination of theory and student-oriented activities. Providing an integrated, modern approach to databases, Databases Illuminated, Third Edition is the essential text for students in this expanding field.

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Key features of the Third Edition include:

• A new chapter on the emerging topics of Big Data, NoSQL, and NewSQL
• Revised and expanded coverage on database security, including SQL injection
• Extended coverage of SQL, with additional material on temporal database queries and JDBC
• New features and downloadable SQL code for Oracle 12c, MySQL, and SQL Server
• Updated information on social and ethical issues addressing new regulations and global issues
• Use of the open source software LibreOffice, which is available worldwide at no cost
• Access to Navigate 2 online learning materials including a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assessments, learning analytics reporting tools, and more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781284056945
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	09/07/2015
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	718
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

Catherine Ricardo is a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Iona University in New Rochelle, NY.' She received a B.A. from the College of Mount Saint Vincent, an M.A. from Fordham University, and an M. Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. She served as departmental chairperson and as coordinator of graduate programs in computing at Iona. She has taught a variety of courses, but she has concentrated on courses in database systems, at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Her other interests include computing education, educational assessment, and computing curriculum development. She has written textbooks, book chapters, and numerous articles, and has made presentations at many conferences in the field.'

Susan D. Urban received the Ph.D. degree in computer science in 1987 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She received the B.S. degree in computer science in 1976 and the M.S. degree in computer science in 1980, also from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. She is currently'an emeritus professor in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decisions Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. She has also held faculty positions at the University of Miami and at Texas Tech University. She has taught at the undergraduate and graduate level for over 28 years, with a focus on database design, data consistency, active rule processing, distributed databases, the use of databases in engineering design, and the development of innovative teaching concepts for database instruction. She has over 120 refereed publications and book chapters on her research and teaching activities.'

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introductory Database Concepts
Chapter 2 Database Planning and Database Architecture
Chapter 3 The Entity-Relationship Model
Chapter 4 The Relational Model
Chapter 5 Relational Database Management Systems and SQL
Chapter 6 Normalization and Denormalization
Chapter 7 Object-Based Models
Chapter 8 Introduction to Database Security
Chapter 9 Transaction Management
Chapter 10 Distributed Databases
Chapter 11 Data Warehouses and Data Mining
Chapter 12 Big Data and NoSQL
Chapter 13 Relational Query Optimization
Chapter 14 Databases and the Internet
Chapter 15 Social and Ethical Issue s