CS453: DATABASE SYSTEMS
Textbooks (all books in library)
Required
Database System Concepts, 3rd Ed.
Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan, McGraw-Hill 1997, ISBN 0-07-044756-X
Fundamentals of Database Systems, 2nd Ed.
R. Elamsri, S. B. Navathe, Benjamin/Cummings, 1994
Recommended
A First Course in Database Systems.
J. D. Ullman and J. Widom, Prentice Hall, 1997
Database Management Systems
R. Ramakrishnan, Mc Graw Hill 1997
Handouts (in Greek)
Course Outline
Database Resources
Example of an Entity/Relationship Diagram (figure missing)
SQL tutorial
Assignment 1 The E/R and the Relational models.
Assignment 2 Relational Algebra, Relational Calculus, SQL.
Assignment 2 (Part B) SQL Programming Assignment.
Assignment 3
Functional Dependencies. Logical Database Design.
Programming Assignment
The University Library Database
Part 1 New Due Date: 11/12/98
Part 2
Interesting Links
ACM Sigmod
Data Engineering Bulletin
Interesting Readings
On the Future of Database Research: The Asilomar Report on Database Research
Database Systems: A Textbook
Case of Research Paying Off
Database Courses on the Web
University of Maryland
Minibase DBMS - Database Group, University of Wisconsin
University of Crete