Useful websites
What skills to learn - http://www.kylania.com/eve/skills.php
Calculate damage/ores and general info - http://www.evegeek.com
Downloadable and printable maps of all regions - http://www.ombeve.co.uk
List of useful 3rd party software and links - http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadid=352812&page=1

*** Damage types ***
Amarr Navy: EM / Thermal
Ammatar Navy: EM / Thermal / Kinetic
Angel Cartel: Explosive / Kinetic / Thermal
Blood Raider: EM / Thermal
Bounty Hunters: EM / Explosive / Kinetic
Caldari Navy: Thermal / Kinetic / Explosives
Cent: EM / Thermal
Core: Kinetic / Thermal
Corpus: EM / Thermal
Dark Blood: EM / Thermal
Domination: Explosive / Kinetic / EM
Dread Guristas: Thermal / Kinetic
Freedom Fighters: EM / Kinetic / Explosive
Gallante Navy: Kinetic / Thermal / Explosives
Gist: Explosives / Kinetic / EM
Guristas: Thermal / Kinetic
Khanid Kingdom: EM / Thermal