INSTRUCTIONS & MANUALS
Two excellent and concise electronic textbooks with basic information on SPM:
SPM Fundamentals (PDF)
SPM Basics (PDF)
Recommended websites for General Informationq and tutorials on AFM/STM:
Scanning Probe Microscopy by John Cross
Scanning Probe Microscopy (The Virtual Microscope Project, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Atomic Force Microscopy (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Fundamentals of Atomic Force Microscopy (nanoHUB.org)