The main textbook for this offering of the course is the following.
The sixth edition of this book is also available in hardcover, with the title Fundamentals of Database Systems, ISBN: 978-0-13-608620-8. The two books are slightly different. Mostly, chapters (with identical content) are named differently. In a few cases, material is rearranged. Each also contains some advanced material not found in the other, but for all topics covered in this course, there is no substantial difference. Thus, for this course, either will do. The hardcover version is of course much more expensive.
The sixth edition of this book has been re-organized substantially from earlier ones, and since the course will follow the new organization, use of earlier editions is not recommended.
The “Online Access” materials for the “Companion Website” for this book will not be used in the course, so it is fine to buy a used book without an access code for these materials. (New books come with a six-month prepaid subscription.)
The supplementary textbook for the course is the following.
This book covers the language SQL much more thoroughly than does the above textbook, and since a substantial part of the course will deal with SQL, the acquisition of this book is recommended.
In addition to the course textbooks, there will be relatively detailed overhead slides. These materials will be available for download on the course Web page.