Here are the Data Acquisition resources mentioned at the last user group meeting
NI Measurment fundemental home page
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4523
NI Data Acquisition and Signal Conditioning Course Kit
http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/2689
REALLY good book on data aquisition
http://www.iotech.com/handbook/handbook.aspx
http://www.keithley.com/knowledgecenter
http://www.omega.com/literature/transactions/
VERY good seminar on dynamic force measurement.
http://www.pcb.com/events/seminar_details.php