Reddit mentions of The Complete 5-String Banjo Player

That's controversial, most people prefer it but you can see that Bela Fleck's pick blades stick out while Trischka's are tight to his fingertips. I can play both ways but i have to have the thumbpick match the fingerpicks, length and soundwise

see @ 1:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MEp04tuBKU

https://www.amazon.com/Complete-5-String-Banjo-Player/dp/0825603552

The idea is that you're supposed to get a softer catch and release instead of slapping at them and picking the strings down, not sideways.

If you want to read a detailed analysis, Hatfield's "Exercises for 3 finger banjo" is excellent but you'll have to buy it.

Books;
Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo: Revised and Enhanced Edition https://www.amazon.com/dp/0634060430/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_H.ArDbGBY9Q57

The Complete 5-String Banjo Player https://www.amazon.com/dp/0825603552/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_laBrDbDE9THKJ

Or

Tony Trischka Master Collection of Fiddle Tunes for Banjo https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0109O79WS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_EaBrDbRF753TS

Videos:
YouTube BanjoBen
YouTube Homespun banjo lessons

Site:
Banjohangout.com for lessons, info about banjos, tabs, and more.

Technology:
TablEdit is a free tab editor where you can find lots of downloads for songs on the previously mentioned website

Tony Trischka's the complete 5 string banjo player is great - its basically a text book - really accessible - starts with the real simple techniques and tunes and ends with some note for note tabs/recordings of a few songs by our banjo heros - its comprehensive - nearly 300 pages long - also comes with a 96 track cd to play along with and has additional web content - throughout the book there are also plugs to other books, dvd's, or recordings if you want to expand on a certain technique - i.e. on the section that applies merle travis guitar picking to the banjo he notes that Bela's first album on Rounder records used this technique a lot - really can't go wrong with this book