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Here are some books you can check out:
As an exercise, I would also recommend watching movies with good sound design and figure out how you would achieve a similar sound on your own.
Best of luck to you!
As someone who has been in the industry for almost 20 years, has run music recording studios, worked out in LA, who now works in post production and as an on set production recordist, and who currently runs live sound at more than a few venues in my town, I cannot stress this enough.
Do not waste your time, energy and effort going to college if you want to be an audio engineer.
Now, I didn't say don't go to college...but if you do go, go there for a career that actually requires a degree. Don't put yourself in debt to get a degree in a field that nobody requires you to have. I did not go to school, and I've never not gotten a gig because of it.
If you want to be an audio engineer, then start by actually doing the thing you want to do. If you want to work in a recording studio, then start applying for internships. I know of no studios that won't accept an intern who didn't go to college. Oh, buy a cheap 4-track and a SM57 and get to work. I'm sure you've got friends who are in bands, offer to record them.
If you want to work in post production, get an internship at a post house.
If you want to be an on set audio recordist, contact a local production company and ask if they have any contacts to any local sound mixers. Call them, and ask to be a sound utility. The last guy I hired I met this way. Maybe ask if there are any low budget productions that you could be a boom op on.
If you want to work in live sound, start by going to bars/clubs/casinos, where ever there are live sound guys, and ask if you can intern / wrap cables / get coffee / whatever else. Or, call a local sound rental house. We have 2 major ones in even my small town of Baton Rouge, La.
If you go to church, then ask to learn from whoever runs that sound system.
The possibilities are endless. The point is, with the current state of both the career field of audio engineering, not only is it a real struggle to make a living, being in debt makes it that much worse. To put it to you this way, I'm 32 years old, and last year I bought a house. If I had gone to Full Sail, you can bet I wouldn't be buying that house until at least 40.
Lastly, read. There are tons of great books available that will not only help you narrow what you'd like to do in the field of audio engineering, but that will teach you exactly what you need to be doing.
Now, my usual book list.
The Daily Adventures of mixer man - Mixerman
http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Adventures-Mixerman-ebook/dp/B00BFUNZ9C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408230831&sr=8-1&keywords=Mixerman
Zen and the art of mixing - Mixerman
http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Art-Mixing-REV-2-ebook/dp/B00JZNNC8K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1408230831&sr=8-2&keywords=Mixerman
Zen and the art of Producing - Mixerman
http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Adventures-Mixerman-ebook/dp/B00BFUNZ9C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408230831&sr=8-1&keywords=Mixerman
Behind the Glass vol. 1 and 2 - Howard Massy
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Behind%20the%20glass
Recording Engineer's Handbook - Bobby Owninski
http://www.amazon.com/Recording-Engineers-Handbook-Third-ebook/dp/B00FN57064/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=undefined&sr=8-1&keywords=Recording+Engineer%27s+handbook
The Sound Reinforcement Handbook - Gary Davis
http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Reinforcement-Handbook-Gary-Davis/dp/0881889008/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408231033&sr=8-1&keywords=yamaha+sound+reinforcement+handbook
Guide to Sound Systems for Worship - Jon F. Eiche
http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Sound-Systems-Worship-Eiche/dp/079350029X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1408231033&sr=8-2&keywords=yamaha+sound+reinforcement+handbook
The Practical art of Motion Picture Sound - Daniel Lewis Yewdall
http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Art-Motion-Picture-Sound/dp/0240812409/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361733899&sr=1-1&keywords=practical+art+of+motion+picture+sound
Sound for Film and Televison - Tomlinson Holman
http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Film-Television-Tomlinson-Holman/dp/0240813308/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1408231326&sr=8-4&keywords=Production+sound+book
The Location Sound Bible - Ric Viers
http://www.amazon.com/Location-Sound-Bible-Record-Professional-ebook/dp/B00ATOUXBI/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&qid=1408231585&sr=8-30&keywords=Production+sound+book
That should be enough to get you going. Remember, I didn't say not to go to college, just not for this. And Remember, whatever you do, don't go to fullsail.
Pro Tools 100%. Standard in any post studio. You can get a massive discount if you're a student, £200 in the UK instead of retail which is £699. studica.com sells it
Check out: Pro Tools is Awesome, a load of great tips working with dialogue in Pro Tools.
Books:
Any questions you have id be happy to answer, I'm a location sound guy now but at one point I was going down the post audio career route(mixed a few shorts, web-series and a feature).
If I ever taught a class on film sound, this would absolutely be the textbook. If you don't own a copy I would highly recommend picking one up. It is an excellent read:
Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound 4th edition
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0240812409/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ClpxzbTRPTWKJ
To add to aeon's list of books:
I know you said sites, but honestly, these books package so much valuable information into their pages that you really can't find all in one place anywhere on the web.
A bit about all those books: