More Tutorials Supporting tagline
1. Official QGIS User guide is here
The User guide is as well available in ARCAL RLA 5/051 DropBox account in:
/arcal_dss/training_course_mexico/QGIS/qgis-1.7.0_user_guide_en.pdf
2. QGIS HOW TO web page.
3. QGIS tutorial from the ‘Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco’
Though written for a previous version of the software, this set of tutorials covers basic and more advanced topics that you might find relevant.
This tutorial is downloadable here (tutorial) and here (dataset).