BTW, welcome to Carrara MidnightCarnival. There's a lot of helpful folks here in the Carrara Forum.
There's also a nice Carrara forum at DAZ3D. Lots of brains to pick here and there. Here's a PDF fur tutorial from the tutorials section here at Renerosity- 
http://www.seedydeedee.co.uk/Tutorials/hair%20in%20Carrara%20Pro%20smaller2.pdf