I recently posted about what types of software others here use for connection design and got many different responses. Many people said they still use hand calcs for connection design. To those people, I was wondering what are some good materials and places to look to start learning connection design and what type of design checks I should be doing for that connection (this includes simple shear connections, moment connections, brace connections, etc.,). I am a new EIT and I am having trouble understanding the different limit states like beam web yield, beam web rupture, plate yield, plate rupture, web buckling, etc. Like I do not know what some of these limits states exactly are and how they apply to the connection. Furthermore, I do not intuitively know which limit states should I be checking for this type of connection. For example, I don't know intuitively the limits states to check for a shear tab or a extended end plate connection. I am in Canada and the CISC has very limited info on connection design. So I was wondering, what are some good reference materials to learn this stuff?