Oracle Design Books
cover Oracle Design (Nutshell Handbook) 
  by Dave Ensor, Ian Stevenson 
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This book focuses exclusively on Oracle database design. It covers the most up-to-date Oracle issues and technologies, including massively parallel processors, very large databases, data warehouses, client-server, and distributed database. The design advice is detailed and thorough. The book delves deeply into design issues and gives advice that will have a major impact on your database and system performance. 
cover Oracle Database Construction Kit 
                            by John Palinski 
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A tutorial and ready reference for Oracle administrators and developers, this title shows how to build an entire Oracle database system from start to finish. Readers will learn short cuts, tips and work-arounds when creating table structures,embedding graphics in forms, or executing triggers using PL/SQL. The CD-ROM contains all the code from the book, plus templates and exercises.
NO COVER AVAILABLE Case Method : Tasks and Deliverables/Oracle : The Relational 
Database Management System 
                            by Richard Barker 
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Good Oracle CASE Book
NO COVER AVAILABLE Data Models, Database Languages, and Database Management Systems (International Computer Science Series) 
                            by Gottfried Vossen 
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An introductory text on database management, providing an overview of data models now in use, together with an 
introduction to several database languages and database management systems. The presentation is formal and precise.
cover Database : Principles Programming and Performance (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) 
                            by Patrick O'Neil 
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A complete and practical introduction to database management systems for anyone who is, or wishes to become, a database administrator, application programmer, or sophisticated SQL user. Patrick O'Neil's pragmatic approach to programming and performance within commercial settings teaches you to create bug-free applications with the most efficient use of resources.
NO COVER AVAILABLE Database Systems : A Practical Approach to Design, Implementation and Management (International Computer 
 Science Series) by Thomas M. Connolly, Carolyn E. Begg, Anne D. Strachan 
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This book takes a fresh, pragmatic approach to database systems. With a strong design focus and using realistic case studies throughout, readers can master an accessible, step-by-step methodology, learn how to apply this to design and build applications, and gain a good understanding of the issues involved in building the systems. 
cover Database Modeling & Design : The Fundamental Principles (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)  by Toby J. Teorey 
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Good reference book for database design
NO COVER AVAILABLE Understanding Database Management Systems (McGraw-Hill Series on Data Warehousing and Data Management) 
                            by Rob Mattison 
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This book is the acknowledged, authoritative guide to databases in all of their forms - PC, UNIX, and mainframe - a comprehensive reference on current database technology, architectures, an products that should find a place on every IS professional's bookshelf
cover Principles of Database Query Processing for Advanced Applications (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management 
Systems)  by Clement T. Yu, Weiyi Meng 
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Fortunately, most developers and end users never have to think about how database queries actually work. For those who want to know what happens under the hood, Principles of Database Query Processing for Advanced Applications provides a textbook-style guide to an important area of database theory--how queries work in a variety of databases, and the strategies and algorithms used to optimize them.