Acquiring Perl and Perl Documentation

Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN)

http://www.perl.com/CPAN/
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/README.html
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/ports
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/doc
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/src/latest.tar.gz
http://www.roth.net Perl for Windows (plus scripts)

Books

Learning Perl, Third Edition, Pub: O'Reilly
by Randal L. Schwartz & Tom Phoenix

Programming Perl, Pub: O'Reilly
by Larry Wall,Tom Christiansen, Jon Orwant, Mike Loukides (Editor)

Perl Cookbook, Pub: O'Reilly
by Tom Christiansen, Nathan Torkington, Linda Mui (Editor)

Perl Pocket Reference, pub: O'Reilly
by Johan Vromans & Linda Mui (Editor)

Perl in a Nutshell, pub: O'Reilly
by Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour & Nate Patwardhan

Perl and XML, Pub: O'Reilly
by Erik T. T. Ray Jason McIntosh