''EntityRelationshipModeling '' by BernhardThalheim http://images.amazon.com/images/P/3540654704.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg [ISBN 3540654704] It's a consolidation of much of the research work that has gone on since Chen's introduction of the ER model. It's quite powerful, but most of the literature is rather formal and a bit difficult for non-logicians to parse (thus far). More information: * Book available at discount -- http://www.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/~thalheim/HERM.htm * Postscript Downloads of accompanying material -- http://www.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/~thalheim/slides.htm ---- See also EntityRelationshipDiagram