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Principles of Database Systems and Design provides students and practitioners with a thorough grounding in theoretical principles before then providing them with the tools required to implement practical systems. To aid learning, the text contains extensive worked examples and sample working programs, and provides helpful assistance with obtaining software necessary to utilize the sample material provided Key Features Extensive use of standard case studies and worked examples Sample typical exam questions with outline answers A distinct and separate section describing the creation and development of databases in Microsoft Access using standard case studies Table of Contents 1. Introduction and Background 2. The Relational Data Model 3. Conceptual Database Design 4. Physical Database Design 5. Interfacing with the Database 6. Transactions 7. Networked and Distributed Systems 8. Post Relational Databases 9. Web Databases 10. XML and Databases 11. Integrity and Security Hands-on Section A: Learning SQL Hands-on Section B: Microsoft Access Appendix