check out
http://www.cgcookie.com
its a good site with tutorials for max, maya, and blender.
If your just getting started or want to get started in 3D work blender is a free program that you can download at blender.org.........it feels a bit like 3ds max.
one last site to go out on
http://www.scriptspot.com/
it has free scripts for max to help make some groove effects
