Your questions are not inane, and you are to be commended for asking them instead of going off "half cocked" and maybe huring yourself with an overcharge or some other easily accomplished disaster.
The books already recommended are excellent. There are threads on this Forum in which the individual steps of reloading are listed and described. Reading the Reloading part of the Forum is a good start, if you can't get to the bookstore (or gun store - books are available there too) right away.
Start a list for yourself, about why you want to reload. Is it to save money on practice ammo? To load match quality ammo you can't buy everywhere? To tailor particular loads for particular weapons, especially suited to particular game? Your choices of equipment and components will depend on what you are trying to accomplish.
However, whatever your goals you will need a press - single stage, turret, or progressive; dies for each caliber you load; a dial caliper, powder scale, and perhaps a hand priming tool (depending on whether you prime on the press or as a separate step). And other small stuf I'm too lazy / absent-minded to think of right now.
Start reading! You're going to have fun, and you will feel an earned sense of accomplishment when you fire the first rounds you loaded, and they all go into your aiming point.
Have fun!
Regards,
Andrew
Edited to add:
try this link -
http://www.gunloads.com/modules.php?nam ... d=5&page=1
