TY - BOOK AU - Elmasri, Ramez AU - Navathe, Shamkant B. TI - Fundamentals of database systems SN - 981-06-980-3 U1 - C 005.74 EL6f CY - Boston KW - Database design KW - Database management N2 - This book introduces the fundamental concepts necessary for designing, using, and implementing database systems and applications. Our presentation stresses the fundamentals of database modeling and design, the languages and facilities provided by the database management systems, and system implementation techniques. The book is meant to be used as a textbook for a one- or two-semester course in database systems at the junior, senior, or graduate level, and as a reference book. We assurne that readers are familiar with elementary programming and data-structuring concepts and that they have had some exposure to the basics of computer organization ER -