Best resources for learning Drupal

[RahulG2012]

Newbie wants to learn Drupal, frankly speaking I don’t have any idea about Drupal by now but I want to start learning it so that I can create a site as my college project. I know there are number of books, sites, video tutorials etc but I just want a short list of best resources, so just suggest me accordingly, help regarding this will be very grateful.

[CADELARIA]

As far as books are concerned you can check out below ones:
The definitive guide to drupal 7 by Melancom
Pro Drupal Development by John K. VanDyk & Matt Westgate
Drupal 7 Module Development by Matt Butcher
Check if these books are there in your college Library.

[Jacques25]

Since Drupal Code Search is the latest I am listing best 5 books for learning Drupal (Especially for newbie’s)

1. Beginning Drupal 7 by Todd Tomlinson
2. The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 by Moshe Weitzman and Karoly Negyesi (chx).
3. Foundation Drupal 7 by R.J. Townsend
4. Drupal 7 Visual Quickstart Guide by Tom Geller
5. Drupal 7 First Look by Mark Noble

[Steyn]

Newbie wants to learn Drupal, frankly speaking I don’t have any idea about Drupal by now but I want to start learning it so that I can create a site as my college project. I know there are number of books, sites, video tutorials etc but I just want a short list of best resources, so just suggest me accordingly, help regarding this will be very grateful.

If you have any doubts then you can ask your queries on below sites. Members over there will be very helpful.

Drupal.org Forum
Drupal – Stackexchange
Drupal Groups
Mailing List

[Dwarner]

These are the best online resources to learn Drupal:
Drupal’s official website
Basic Drupal Guides
Drupal Gardens
Drupal Module Finder
Drupal Code Search

[Brunon]

Just don’t depend on books if you want to get best site out of Drupal, here are some blogs names where you can find informative video tutorial regarding Drupal.
Rundrupal
Drupalcoder
Socialseo
Adaptivethemes
Gotdrupal

[RahulG2012]

Yes I want to learn the latest Drupal 7, as far as I am aware we have below books in our college library:
The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 by Moshe Weitzman and Karoly Negyesi (chx)
Drupal 7 First Look by Mark Noble
In case I have any query ill surely check out the blogs and forum that you have mentioned, in fact I’ll post my queries here as well, thanks to all for your help so far.