Publish, not Perish: The Art & Craft of Publishing in Scholarly Journals. If you have the chance, check out this site from the libraries of the University of Colorado. It describes the world of academic publishing, how to prepare your manuscript, how to find the most likely journals to target your paper to, it defines the "impact factor",  gives you the details of the actual publishing process, the world of Open Access, & how to fit writing papers into your already busy schedule. A very useful resource for researchers just beginning to publish and for those who want to update their knowledge of the 21st century's publishing world in academia.