Relational Database Management Systems: self-teaching
             materials especially for Ingres and Oracle
                           Newcastle Univ
                         Dr Lorna Weatherill
      
     The aim of this proposal is to produce and market high
     quality, 'teach-yourself' materials aimed at the academic
     users of relational databases.
      
     Several specific sets of materials will be produced and
     distributed to potential users. These will include the
     following:-
      
      -    Example databases about a variety of academic
           applications will be developed on a variety of
           platforms. The main focus will be Ingres and Oracle
           but other products will be developed as well.
      

      -    Materials about the theoretical considerations in
           designing a relational database will be written and
           the example databases will be used to illustrate the
           processes of design and creation.
      
      -    There will be 'step-by-step instructions about
           getting started using particular database products
           both on PCs and other platforms. Here too the main
           focus will be Ingres and Oracle
      
     Investments in database software by the higher educational
     community in recent years has been considerable. These
     self-teaching materials will ensure that the software
     becomes more fully understood by academics with little
     computing experience. In addition, by focussing on products
     for the end user, advisory work with databases in computing
     centres can become more productive with the benefit that
     staff can concentrate on advanced applications.
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