Tutorials and Other Resources:

ZDNet Whole Web Catalog: Creating GIF Animations
A good source if you want to get started creating your own animated GIFs.

Ultimate Web Publisher's Guide!-Animated GIFs
Here, you'll find a tutorial, step-by-step instructions and links to software and GIF galleries.

C|Net Features: How to Get Animated
C|Net lays it all out: What animated GIFs are, how to create them and what you'll need to get started.

Newsgroups
comp.graphics.animation
rec.arts.animation
alt.ascii-art.animation
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.images

GIF Animation Galleries: Great places to download pre-formatted animations.

Albert's Animated Gif Gallery
Bubba's Bazaar
Caboodles of Free Animated GIFs
The 1st Internet Gallery of GIF Animation
The Web in Motion
Graphics World
Denton's Animated Images
DesktopPublishing.com
www.GIFworld.com: The Best Animated GIF Site on the Web
Animation Arthouse
GIF Animation Thrift Shop
GIF Animation Station