This document provides an introduction to NoSQL and MongoDB. It discusses that NoSQL is a non-relational database management system that avoids joins and is easy to scale. It then summarizes the different flavors of NoSQL including key-value stores, graphs, BigTable, and document stores. The remainder of the document focuses on MongoDB, describing its structure, how to perform inserts and searches, features like map-reduce and replication. It concludes by encouraging the reader to try MongoDB themselves.