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These books provide the background information you will need as a first-time user.

These books contain the most commonly used information for general database administration and development:

Installation documentation, READMEs, and release notes are on the product CD for your operating system. If you have an Internet connection, you can find these same books on the the Oracle Technology Network.

The documentation CD contains some background and troubleshooting information for the installation software, for administrators who need to do multiple installations:

If you are familiar with earlier Oracle releases and are moving to Oracle Database 10g, these books explain the new features to look for, and how to upgrade your database.

This book explains how certain database features are licensed: