"Database System Concepts" by Silberschatz is now in its 6th edition and is one of the cornerstone texts of database education. It presents the fundamental concepts of database management in an intuitive manner geared toward allowing students to begin working with databases as quickly as possible. Silberschatz is designed for a first course in databases at the junior/senior undergraduate level or the first year graduate level. It also contains additional material that can be used as supplements or as introductory material for an advanced course. Because the authors present concepts as intuitive descriptions, a familiarity with basic data structures, computer organization, and a high-level programming language are the only prerequisites. Important theoretical results are covered, but formal proofs are omitted. In place of proofs, figures and examples are used to suggest why a result is true.
Part 1 Relational Databases
Part 2 Database Design
Part 3 Data Storage and Querying
Part 4 Transaction Management
Part 5 System Architecture
Part 6 Data Warehousing, Data Mining, and Information Retrieval
Part 7 Specialty Databases
Part 8 Advanced Topics
Part 9 Case Studies
Part10 Appendices