There are a lot of possibilities when looking for useful information.
www.Perl.com search.CPAN.org (website with Perl modules) theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/mod_perl/cpan-search?request=search (alternative CPAN index) perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=Super%20Search (Perl Monks search page) www.dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Perl/ lists.perl.org/search.cgi?cat=Beginners (Perl mailing lists for beginners) http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Programming/Languages/Perl/?tc=1 (Perl at Google) groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=perl (Perl usenet groups) groups.google.com/group/alt.perl/topics?hl=en&gvc=2 (more Perl usenet groups, the "alternative" (alt.) groups) http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Programming_and_Development/Languages/Perl/ (Perl at Yahoo)