1. Where to download R and R packages http://cran.r-project.org/
  2. R seek http://www.rseek.org/ <- go here if you want to find any stuffs related to R, it is googling in R!
  3. R graphics
  4. Published and free books on R http://www.r-project.org/doc/bib/R-books.html
  5. Building R packages in Windows. thanks to this blog, I am finally able to create a package.
  6. R commander (for SPSS lovers but want R). Download Rcmdr package from one of its mirrors. see this for what it is http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/
  7. What you need is really Tinn-R editor to avoid retyping in R. http://www.sciviews.org/Tinn-R/
  8. CRAN Task View: Statistics for the Social Sciences http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/SocialSciences.html