need help in loading picture onto polygons

i’m new in opengl and i need help to load textures to the polygons. how to do it ? can someone show me a simple program source code for it? i’ve look up the books but it didnt say anything and the library in my univesity doesnt have any book about opengl at all. please help me here. thanx in advance.

Check out these sites, they both have simple, clear tutorials for loading images and mapping them to polygons:
http://www.gametutorials.com http://nehe.gamedev.net

Hope that helps.