Ch. 1. File Systems and Databases -- Ch. 2. The Relational Database Model -- Ch. 3. An Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL) -- Ch. 4. Entity Relationship (E-R) Modeling -- Ch. 5. Normalization of Database Tables -- Ch. 6. Database Design -- Ch. 7. The University Lab: Conceptual Design -- Ch. 8. The University Lab: Conceptual Design Verification, Logical Design, and Implementation -- Ch. 9. Transaction Management and Currency Control -- Ch. 10. Distributed Database Management Systems -- Ch. 11. Object-Oriented Databases -- Ch. 12. Database Administration -- Ch. 13. The Hierarchical Database Model -- Ch. 14. The Network Database Model -- Appendix A Creating the Database Structure -- Appendix B A Relational Schema for dBASE IV Users -- Appendix C University Computer Lab Report Formats -- Appendix D University Computer Lab Data Dictionary.