http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec99/ed1.html
Discusses the value of and methods of publishing a doctoral dissertation (or part of it) as a journal article or articles. Accessible and sensible, and although aimed at psychology students, is pertinent to other fields.
Fantastic source of information on journal policies, manuscript preparation, obtaining copyright permissions, and lots of other important issues for scholars. Again oriented toward psychology, but quite relevant to other fields.
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/NACBS/forum/book.html
Conference paper on publishing your first book. Nothing hard, but reassuring.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/546
Influential article on the "crisis" in academic book publishing. Informative and truthful.
http://www.si.umich.edu/~pne/PDF/howtotalk.pdf
A really helpful article with practical tips on how to give an effective oral presentation. This can be an especially acute problem for non-native speakers (of English or any other language).
http://www.si.umich.edu/~pne/PDF/howtoread.pdf
This isn't actually my topic today, but I've included it because I like to give it to graduate students who sometimes have trouble coping with the large amount of reading in graduate school.
http://www.si.umich.edu/ICOS/Presentations/20000929/
Informative piece on the journal review process.
http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/leader.html
An article entitled "How to be a leader in your field". Also not really my topic today, although it is relevant to IREX goals in this program.
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
A 1918 book by William Strunk, Jr. entitled The Elements of Style. Although old, it is full of good advice about writing in English.
The American Heritage Book of English Usage. A 1996 volume that concentrates on problematical areas (not a comprehensive survey of English grammar). Sufficiently new to include issues in electronic communication.
http://webster.commnet.edu/writing/symbols.htm
List of most common proofreading symbols in US practice.
http://www.powa.org/editfrms.htm
Some practical hints on how to do an effective job of editing a manuscript for publication.