Presents the fundamental concepts of database management. This text is suitable for a first course in databases at the junior/senior undergraduate level or the first year graduate level.

Brief contents: relational databases; database design; object-based databases and XML; data storage and querying; transaction management; data mining and information retrieval; system architecture;...

Brief contents: overview; process management; process coordination; memory management; storage management; protection and security; distributed systems; special purpose systems; case studies.