Chapter 2
Data Modeling:
Entity-Relationship ModellingA thorough representationUniversity of Michigan Business School, Scott A. Moore (http://www.inf.unibz.it/~franconi/teaching/2000/ct481/er-modelling/)
A complete look at various modeling techniquesThe University of Texas at Austin (http://www.utexas.edu/its/windows/database/datamodeling/)
Normalization/Denormalization:
Responsible DenormalizationSQL Server Magazine, Michelle A. Poolet (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsqlmag2kl/ResponsibleDenormalization.asp)
Normal FormsMicrosoft Corporation (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/Axapta/DEAP/NormalForms.asp)