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@@ -124,20 +124,8 @@ <h1>Documentation</h1>
 
   <h4>Other learning resources</h4>
 
-  <ul>
-    <li>Sandro Tosi has a new book
-      <a href="http://www.packtpub.com/matplotlib-python-development/book?utm_source=matplotlib.sourceforge.net&utm_medium=link&utm_content=pod&utm_campaign=mdb_002124">Matplotlib
-  for python developers</a> also
-  at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Matplotlib-Python-Developers-Sandro-Tosi/dp/1847197906">amazon</a>.</li>
-
-    <li>Nicolas Rougier has
-      a <a href="http://www.loria.fr/~rougier/teaching/matplotlib/">beginner
-      tutorial.</a></li>
-
-    <li>Eric Jones gave
-    an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fp1zn5ao2M&feature=plcp">introductory
-    tutorial on Numpy and matplotlib</a> at SciPy 2012.</li>
-  </ul>
+  <p>There are many <a href="{{ pathto('resources/index') }}">external learning 
+  resources</a> available including printed material, videos and tutorials.</p>
 
   <h4>Need help?</h4>
 
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    users/index.rst
    faq/index.rst
+   resources/index.rst
    devel/index.rst
    mpl_toolkits/index.rst
    api/index.rst
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+.. _resources-index:
+
+*******************
+ External Resources
+*******************
+
+
+===================
+ Books and Chapters
+===================
+
+* `Matplotlib for Python Developers 
+  <http://www.packtpub.com/matplotlib-python-development/book?mid/171109cna1h>`_ 
+  by Sandro Tosi
+
+* `Matplotlib chapter <http://www.aosabook.org/en/matplotlib.html>`_ 
+  by John Hunter and Michael Droettboom in The Architecture of Open Source 
+  Applications
+
+* `Graphics with Matplotlib 
+  <http://physics.nmt.edu/~raymond/software/python_notes/paper004.html>`_ 
+  by David J. Raymond
+
+=======
+ Videos
+=======
+
+* `Getting started with Matplotlib 
+  <http://showmedo.com/videotutorials/video?name=7200090&fromSeriesID=720>`_ 
+  by `unpingco <http://showmedo.com/videotutorials/?author=6237>`_
+
+* `Plotting with matplotlib <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7SVi0YTIuE>`_ 
+  by Mike Müller 
+
+* `Introduction to NumPy and Matplotlib 
+  <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fp1zn5ao2M&feature=plcp>`_ by Eric Jones
+
+* `Anatomy of Matplotlib 
+  <https://conference.scipy.org/scipy2013/tutorial_detail.php?id=103>`_
+  by Benjamin Root
+
+==========
+ Tutorials
+==========
+
+* `Matplotlib tutorial <http://www.loria.fr/~rougier/teaching/matplotlib/>`_ 
+  by Nicolas P. Rougier
+
+