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Management Information Systems: Solving Business Problems with Information Technology, 3/e
Gerald V. Post, University of the Pacific
David L. Anderson, DePaul U/McGowan Center
Database Management

Chapter Outline


  1. Overview
  2. Introduction
    1. Relational Databases
    2. Tables, Rows, Columns, Data Types
  3. The Database Management Approach
    1. Focus on Data
    2. Data Independence
    3. Data Integrity
    4. Speed of Development
    5. Control over Output
  4. Queries
    1. Single-Table Queries
    2. Computations
    3. Joining Multiple Tables
    4. Examples
    5. Views
  5. Designing a Database
    1. Notation
    2. First Normal Form
    3. Second Normal Form
    4. Third Normal Form
  6. Database Applications
    1. Data Input Forms
    2. Reports
    3. Putting It Together with Menus
  7. Database Administration
    1. Standards and Documentation
    2. Testing, Backup, and Recovery
    3. Access Controls
  8. Databases and E-Business
  9. Summary
  10. Key Words
  11. Website References
  12. Additional Reading
  13. Review Questions
  14. Exercises
  15. Cases: Airlines
  16. Appendix: Building Forms in Access
    1. The Form Wizard
    2. Exercises




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