-Once you are an experienced user, you can use the manual as reference:
-there is an extensive index@footnote{If you are looking for something,
-and you cannot find it in the manual, that is considered a bug. In
-that case, please file a bug report.}, but the document is also
-available in
-@iftex
-a big HTML page,
-@end iftex
-@ifhtml
-@uref{source/Documentation/user/lilypond-big-page.html, one big page},
-@end ifhtml
-which can be searched easily using the search facility of a web
-browser.
-
-
-In all HTML documents that have music fragments embedded, the LilyPond
-input that was used to produce that image can be viewed by clicking
-the image.
-
-The location of the documentation files that are mentioned here can vary
-from system to system. On occasion, this manual refers to
-initialization and example files. Throughout this manual, we refer to
-input files relative to the top-directory of the source archive. For
-example, @file{input/@/lsr/@/dirname/@/bla@/.ly} may refer to the file
-@file{lilypond@/2.x.y/@/input/@/lsr/@/dirname/@/bla@/.ly}. On binary
-packages for the Unix platform, the documentation and examples can
-typically be found somewhere below
+There are a number of other sources of information which may be
+very valuable.
+
+@itemize
+
+@item News: This is a summary of important changes
+and new features in LilyPond since the previous version.
+
+@item @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/, The
+lilypond-user mailist archives}: this is a collection of previous
+emails sent to the user list. Many questions have been asked
+multiple times; there is a very good chance that if you have a
+question, the answer might be found in these archives.
+
+@item @uref{http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/, The
+lilypond-devel mailist archives}: this is a collection of previous
+emails sent to the developer's list. The discussion here is more
+technical; if you have an advanced question about lilypond
+internals, the answer might be in these archives.
+
+@item Embedded music fragments: in all HTML documents that have
+music fragments embedded, the exact LilyPond input that was used
+to produce that image can be viewed by clicking the image.
+
+@item Init files: The location of the documentation files that are
+mentioned here can vary from system to system. On occasion, this
+manual refers to initialization and example files. Throughout
+this manual, we refer to input files relative to the top-directory
+of the source archive. For example,
+@file{input/@/lsr/@/dirname/@/bla@/.ly} may refer to the file
+@file{lilypond@/2.x.y/@/input/@/lsr/@/dirname/@/bla@/.ly}. On
+binary packages for the UNIX platform, the documentation and
+examples can typically be found somewhere below