TY - BOOK AU - Oppel,Andrew J. TI - Data modeling: a beginner's guide SN - 9780071623988 (pbk.) : AV - QA76.9.D26 U1 - 005.73 OPP PY - 2010/// CY - New York, London PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Database management KW - Database design KW - Data structures (Computer science) KW - Computers and IT KW - ukslc KW - Database software KW - thema KW - Databases N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1.Part I.Data modeling concepts --1.Introduction to data modeling -- 2.Relational model components -- 3.Data and process modeling -- 4.Organizing database project work -- Part II.Data modeling details -- 5.Conceptual data modeling -- 6.Logical database design using normalization -- 7.Beyond third normal form -- 8.Physical database design -- Part III.Design alternatives -- 9.Alternatives for incorporating business rules -- 10.Alternatives for handling temporal data -- 11.Modeling for anlytical databases -- 12.Enterprise data modeling -- Part IV.Appendixes -- A.Answers to self tests -- B.Solutions to try this exercises N2 - This fast-paced tutorial explains how to create data models in order to gather business requirements and use them to produce conceptual, logical, and physical database designs. The techniques presented in are applicable to any database management system ER -