What follows are some topics important to proper database design.  Following these are several examples of database design problems and their solutions.
Topics:
	Why Normalization?
	The Normal Forms (in development)
	Unique Indexes and Surrogate Keys
	The Hernandez Process In A Nutshell
	ERMaster.ppt (ER Diagram template for PowerPoint)
Examples:	**Note: The PROCESS is the important thing here.  It may be that I have made a mistake in the actual modeling.  That will come out in the discussions with the customer and the prototyping.  But pay attention to the process that went into the examples. **
	Class Information Database (stores information about students in a college class)
	Cater-It Database (small catering business)
	GSA Database (Gender Non-specific Scouts of America)
	Scrip Database (a high school fund-raising program )
	Consolidated Widgets (stores information for the Widget Trade Show)
Design Links:
	Library of Free Data Models Here are some useful 'Kick-Start' Data Models Also, check out these sites: http://www.datamodel.org/NormalizationRules.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q209534 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;164172 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q234208