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The manual above will cover basics, as will any CCNA course material. For more advanced material, check out the CCNP Switch Lab Manual:
http://www.amazon.com/CCNP-SWITCH-Lab-Manual-Companion/dp/1587133040/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1347175564&sr=8-4&keywords=ccnp+switch
You need two switches to effectively demonstrate things line STP, VLAN Trunking, VTP, and Port Channels. If you're not familiar with these terms - do a bit of Googling. There are also lots of great Youtube videos demonstrating the fundamentals.
Have you done the labs in the CiscoPress SWITCH lab workbook? Do the hands on labs and that should cement the exam topics in your head. http://www.amazon.com/CCNP-SWITCH-Lab-Manual-Companion/dp/1587133040 You can get the 4 switches you need pretty cheaply http://www.certificationkits.com/cisco-3560-24ts/ Get two 3560 switches and then you can get by with two 2950 switches running EI IOS. Make sure they are not the standard 2950 running SI IOS. Then you will need about 10 Ethernet crossover cables. You can get all of this for probably about $300 which will be worth it to pass the exam. You also mention that you might get some switches from work, the bare minimum is two layer 2 switches and two layer 3 switches. Even if your layer 3 switches are the older 3550s, they will work. You just will not be able to do some stuff like PVLANs and some of the QoS stuff. I hope that helps.