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All of these FREE materials may be requested from the Adult Literacy Clearinghouse by calling our Hotline at (800) 441-7323.

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education recently published the following:

• Adult, Career, and Vocational Education: An Internet Guide (196)
• Technology and Adult Learning: Current Perspectives (197)
• Service Learning: More than Community Service (198)
• Career Development and Gender, Race, and Class (199)
• Career Development: A Shared Responsibility (201)
• Volunteering and Adult Literacy (202)
• Family Literacy: Respecting Family Ways (203)

To view these ERIC documents, visit their Web site http://ericacve.org.

The Bureau of Adult Basic & Literacy Education (ABLE), a special project of the Pennsylvania Department of Education, has published The Pennsylvania ABLE Staff Handbook, 1998 Edition. It is available for download at http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/pde/able/sh98.html. Program administrators and others involved in professional development "may find it useful to print out selected articles for use in workshops and training."

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has produced Technology @ Your Fingertips: A Guide to Implementing Technology Solutions for Education Agencies & Institutions. The complete text can be found at: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/

The Center for Literacy has a new publication, 1998 Student Speak Out, that contains a variety of student writings, such as poetry, autobiographies, and short stories. Contact the Clearinghouse at (800) 441-7323 for a copy.

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education has recently published Technology, Basic Skills, and Adult Education: Getting Ready and Moving Forward.

National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) has published Empowerment Health Education in Adult Literacy: A Guide for Public Health and Adult Literacy Practitioners, Policy Makers and Funders. To download, go to http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/fellowship/reports/hohn/HOHN.HTM.

The National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) has a new resource available, What Works: Integrating Basic Skills Training into Welfare-to-Work. Contact the National Literacy Hotline at 1-800-228-8813 for a copy. To download, go to: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/whatworks.htm