Chapter 11 - Using Arrays and Collections to Manage Data

The About Visual Basic site contains several articles that detail different advantages of collections. If you're just moving up from VB 6, you might want to try reading this one: The VB 6 Collection object
The Scripting Dictionary object
The VB.NET Hashtable object Explained!

Another "transition" article explaining the difference between VB 6 and VB.NET can be found at:

VB.NET: What Happened to Control Arrays!!!

This one has generated quite a bit of input from About Visual Basic readers and there are several sequels to the original article.

Index: Chapter 11 - Using Arrays and Collections to Manage Data

1. Arrays and Collections: The next best thing to a database!
2. "Clever Programming" with Arrays and Collections
3. Need to keep track of a series of values? Use an Array!
4. Understanding the Code
5. When Your Data is an Object
6. More at About Visual Basic