These book-length publications provide detailed discussions and explanations of many IBM products, including those that are most relevant for Web programming courses. You may find others on additional topics of interest though a Google search. The titles listed below are available locally. They are pdf files and, hence, are generally quite long, e.g., 3-4m.
WebSphere Studio Application Developer Programming Guide (sg246585).
WebSphere Studio Application Developer Programming Guide Sample Code.
WebSphere Studio 5.1.2 JavaServer Faces (sg246361)
EJB2.0 Development with WSAD (sg246819)
Design and Implement Servlets, JSPs, and EJBs (sg245754).
Servlet and JSP Programming (sg245755).
Connecting WebSphere to DB2 UDB Server (sg246219).
Design Considerations: From Client/Server Applications to E-Business Applications (sg245503).
WAS 5.1: Performance, Scalability, and High Availability (sg246198).
WAS 5.1: System Management and Configuration (sg246195).
WebSphere Scalability: WLM and Clustering (sg246153).
WebSphere Commerce Suite v5.4 Handbook (sg246567).
WebSphere Commerce Sample Store Guide
WebSphere Security (sg246573)
Eclipse Development (sg246302)
Understanding LDAP (sg244986)
LDAP Implementation Cookbook (sg245110)