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Every webdesigner no matter what level of experience he or she has, has a need for sources of knowledge and reference.
And when you occasionally got stuck on the webdesigner’s equivalent of writer’s-block those sources could become the inspiration you need.

Inspiration and how to implement this inspiration

As the web is your natural habitat the first thing you do is looking on the Internet.
Look for Chris Spooner’s blog and his other site Line 25 which both offer inspiration and how to implement this inspration.

Then there are sites as Abduzeedo, MyInkBlog , Six Revisions, Design Reviver and Webdesigner Depot who offer the same wealth of inspiration and tutorials.

Dedicated learning

If your interested in one particular subject like CodeIgniter the User Guide and the forum gives good information, but now Elliot Haughin and Jamie Rumbelow have started Binary Cake where you can buy and download screencasts not only about CodeIgniter but also on PHP.
For ExpressionEngine  I recommend Michael Boyink’s Train-ee site who offers also paid screencasts as does Ryan Irelan with ExpressionEngineScreencasts .

The ultimate learning source is Lynda.com .
From $25 a month you can tap into a source of unlimited knowledge about any application or technique regarding web, print and/or graphic design.

Here you can find video courses about any Adobe application whether it is Photoshop,Illustrator,Acrobat or Indesign.In short: if Adobe sells it, Lynda.com has multiple courses about it.
But there are also courses about PHP,.NET, Javascript and other programming or scripting languages.With top notch teachers like Mordy Golding and the like you simply can’t go wrong.

Books

A digital profession can’t do without that ancient art of books.
I simply can not imagine myself without a book beside me when sitting behind the computer. I simply need my little library as a reference.
The shelves of my library are occupied by six publishers who offer the best education and reference to my opinion.

First there’s FriendsofEd with CSS Mastery  as an example.
Books from this publisher are mostly well suited for the beginner and intermediate on the subject.

Then there’s FriendofEds mothership Apress.

Also suitable for beginners and intermediates are Sitepoint and New Riders/Peachpit.

For the Adobe products the Classroom in a Book series is solid reference material.

And last but certainly not least there’s O’Reilly.
Beware though, if you are a beginner on a subject, O’Reilly’s books can be tough on you.

The books with the animal covers have a professional audience in mind and are mostly highly technical.
But they have also for beginners the Head First series.
Although for beginners they keep up the high standard of O’Reilly, which means that at the end of the book you possess professional knowledge.