what info do I need to find a planet in a telescope?

[Jesse]

I know my location 32.927 Degrees N and 111.517degrees W. I would like to know how do i look for planets? Like whats the definitions? of looking up and what direction and what not.

[Michael Steen]

It doesn't matter what your coordinates are because the planets change night by night. "Planet" means "wanderer."
The naked eye planets, though, are usually pretty bright.
From where you are, you should see Jupiter rise in the SE along the ecliptic (the imaginary line followed by the sun, moon, and all the other planets). It's the brightest thing out there right now, and it's in the constellation Sagitareus (sp?), which looks kind of like a teapot.
Saturn and Mars are following the Sun into the west as it sets right now, so it's going to be trickier and trickier to spot them. But if you have a good view of the horizon, you should be able to pick them out still. Saturn is a kind of yellow ball, and Mars, though tiny right now, is still quite visibly red.
Venus is climbing higher into the sky at dusk right now, and by fall should be a brilliant evening star in the west. It's the brightest thing out there, so you won't be able to miss it.
Good luck.