The BEST I have ever seen for beginners: Andrew Devis over at the Cow. 107 videotutorial covering everything you can think off.
http://library.creativecow.net/series/Premiere-Pro-Basics-CS6--above-w ith-Andrew-Devis
I know its for CS6 but a lot also applies to CS5.5.
He has also made several tutorials for Premiere CS5.
They are all the way down at the bottom of the page.
And several for After Effects.