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As Dan S. mentioned, RS has these neat little books for a couple bucks
apiece that are the perfect primer for someone like me who can read a
schmatic but doesn't know exactly how the drawings relate to all of the
physical components...  The one I picked up is in their "Engineer's
Mini-Notebook" series, subtitled "Schematic Symbols, Device Packages,
Design and Testing".  It shows the pinouts on most common IC chips and
semi-conductor packages, as well as symbols of the more common switches,
motors, fuses, etc.

Additionally, a quick pass by any of the larger semi-conductors
manufacturers' websites will yield a wealth of .PDF files which show not
only the various package layouts for each of their products, but include
all of the electrical data and operating specs, plus testing info and all
sorts of other stuff (that may as well have been written in Greek for me)
that the less EE-challenged out there would enjoy I'm sure.

   <M>