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first of all what kind of animation ?? like flash or 3dstudio max and stuff ??
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Here is a great site I often refer back to. Sometimes there will be free tutorials or helpful resources or suggestions here... http://www.awn.com/ Used this book in a class when I started learning animation techniques while using Director and then Flash... http://www.amazon.com/Animators-Workbook-Step-Step-Techniques/dp/0823002292/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b Some other books I own... http://www.amazon.com/Animators-Survival-Kit-Richard-Williams/dp/0571202284/ref=pd_sim_b_img_7 http://www.amazon.com/Muybridges-Complete-Human-Animal-Locomotion/dp/0486237923/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197186872&sr=1-1 http://www.amazon.com/Tezuka-School-Animation-Learning-Basics/dp/1569709955/ref=pd_sim_b_img_1 http://www.amazon.com/Tezuka-School-Animation-Animals-Motion/dp/1569709947/ref=pd_sim_b_img_47 Check out your local library and see what you can find to get a start. Sometimes I will even sit in a bookshop with a book and carry a note pad with me to write down or record ideas I find in various books. Look closely or scruntinize different types of animation. Its a great way to get inspiration... and if you can slow an animation down and look it it frame by frame all the better ...you can capture the movements more readily.