Coronel, Carlos <br/><br/>
Database Principles :  fundamentals of design, implementation, and management / 
Carlos Coronel, Steven Morris and Peter Rob. 
 - Australia :  Course Technology Cengage Learning,  c2011 
 - xxx, 698 pages :  color illustrations ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Database systems -- Data models -- The relational database model -- Entity relationship (ER) modeling -- Advanced data modeling -- Normalization of database tables -- Advanced design and implementation -- Introduction to structured query language (SQL) -- Advanced SQL -- Database design -- Advanced databases concepts -- Transaction management and concurrency control -- Database performance tuning and query optimization -- Distributed database management systems -- Business intelligence and data warehouses -- Databases and the internet -- Database connectivity and web technologies -- Database administration -- Database administration and security. 
<br/><br/> A good textbook. Note that this is not a book on a specific technology, but like most textbooks it explains foundation concepts and tends towards developing trends by the end of the book. As someone who works with databases every day I would say overall the level of the book is beginner to intermediate, with some advanced topics here and there. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780538469517 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>DATABASE DESIGN
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 76.9 .C67 2011