Papers

Title (and link)

Comment

1

The relational approach, seen by Codd ten years after its introduction

2

Haerder

Excellent presentation of locking for transaction processing

3

Codd

The first public paper on the relational approach

4

Anthes

The critical work that made relational database practical for widespread use

5

Helland

Why has SQL had such impact on database management?


6

Chamberlin, et al

The paper that introduced the world to SQL

7

Kent

A guide to normalization, written for humans

8

datamodel.org

An advanced but interesting procedure for normalizing

9

Codd

More about the ideas of relational

10

Chen

Introduction of the ERD

11

Buelow

Practical discussion of normalization

12

Comer

How B-Trees Work

13

Selinger


The paper that made relational practical

14

Oracle


How to use Explain Plan

15

Haerder and Reuter


Easy-to-understand presentation of recovery