http://www.db-book.com/ http://www.db-book.com/ It's a website that's meant to accompany a textbook I used in college, but you don't really need the textbook.

http://www.db-book.com/ http://www.db-book.com/ It's a website that's meant to accompany a textbook I used in college, but you don't really need the textbook. This site has slides that cover the material well enough to get started. Note that it's relationally-specific almost to a fault, so you won't get a whole lot of insight into NoSQL if you decide you want to go that route later.