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ResourcesTHE STATE OF CANADA'S ENVIRONMENTThe State of Canada's Environment is the most comprehensive information base on Canada's environmentever compiled. Even with such a large volume of information, the sophisticated search tools of theelectronic versions of the report make it simple for teachers and students to get directly to the informationneeded. The design of the report's Internet and CD-ROM search mechanisms make it an ideal tool forteaching students how to use electronic research instruments.The State of Canada's Environment is available in three distinct formats Internet, CD-ROM and print. TheCD-ROM and print versions are enhanced by complimentary Internet access to the Environmental InfoBaseuntil April 1998.Environment Canada is encouraging educators and students to get involved in contributing to the databankof users for this state-of-the-art learning tool by participating in SchoolNet's Grassroots Program.Participating in the Grassroots Program can have concrete financial rewards as well as pedagogical ones.For a no-cost preview of the report on the Internet, visit their World Wide Web site at http://www.doe.ca,then click on The State of Canada's Environment InfoBase. Ordering information can be found on the Webor by contacting the order line at 1-800-734-3232.THE TEACHING OVERSEAS INFORMATION HANDBOOKThe Teaching Overseas Information Handbook is researched and prepared annually by Bob Barlas, apractising Canadian educator with over 20 years teaching and administrative experience, much of it ininternational schools all over the world.Written especially for Canadian teachers interested in furthering their careers overseas. The TeachingOverseas Information Handbook provides answers to questions you will want to ask before embarking onsuch a venture.The four sections provide ways of evaluating your own personal and professional effectiveness in a crossculturalenvironment; make suggestions on what to do to make the hunt for an overseas position moresuccessful; give hints on how to prepare effectively for a prolonged stay overseas; and provide many andvaried suggestions for further reading in all areas of the overseas experience.The Teaching Overseas Information Handbook is available for $12.50 (including postage) by cheque ormoney order made payable to Robert Barlas, R.R.#5, Belleville, ON, K8N 4Z5, Tel: 613-967-4902; e-mail:rbarlas@connect.reach.net.NEWFOUNDLAND AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCETo mark the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of the Somme and the NewfoundlandRegiment's tragic engagement with the enemy at Beaumont-Hamel, the electronic versions of theNewfoundland and First World War Books of Remembrance were launched this past June on SchoolNet.The digitized versions of the The First World War and Newfoundland Books of Remembrance wereprepared by junior high school students at Holy Redeemer School in Spaniard's Bay. The NewfoundlandBook of Remembrance contains the names of citizens of Newfoundland, then a British colony, who were