i am trying to use xmlreader and all of those, but i do not know how to reference or import them. i am beginner so please be gentle. thanks!
If you are using Visual Studio 2008 then you should really look at XML Literals. It allows you to work with XML directly in your code and has built-in query support.
Example
Dim x = <xml><p>hello</p><p>world</p></xml>