Library services for distance students (You can search the library's catalog and arrange on your own for photocopies of articles and even books to be sent to you. There is a charge for the photocopies.)
Library electronic reserve site (Your professor may deposit reading materials here that you can download using Acrobat Reader.)
Web-based training on software and programming, including
C++
Visual Basic
MS Office
FrontPage
George's suggestions for a class binder
Society for Technical Communication: Texas Tech Chapter