CS 330 Databases
Fall 1999
Ileana Streinu

1. Motivation: why Databases?
2. Motivation: why Database Management Systems?
3. Motivation: why put databases on the web? why Java?
4. Topics
5. Examples to start with: the Smith College Banner system; an airline reservation system; the library catalog; an Internet search engine. Public versus personal databases, issues.
6. Platforms, software
   1. Access under W-95
   2. Oracle under W-NT

Reading