Three issues of the "CRESS-CROSS" newsletter published during 1976 are compiled in this publication. These issues include information on: how to contribute to the ERIC system, the computer search services at the ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, the Rural/Regional Education Association's research award for meritorious research relevant to rural or regional education, and the Graduate Library Institute for Spanish Speaking Americans in Tucson, Arizona. Articles are: "Rural Appalachia: Educational Needs and Some Realities", "Outdoor Education in the Educative Process", and "Bilingual Programs Prevail--A Sample Model Program" (discusses the bilingual programs in El Paso, Texas). Brief reviews are given of such papers as: a 5-volume series of position papers on American Indian education, "School Management Options for American Indians", "The American Indians: Answers to 101 Questions", "Outward Bound and Teacher Education", "Strengthening the Small Rural School", "Profile on the Mexican American Woman", "Adventure Education--What Is It and How Do We Evaluate It?", and "The Law of the People (Dine Bibee Haz'aannii): A Bicultural Approach to Legal Education for Navajo Students". A listing of 328 documents appearing in issues of "Resources in Education" and pertaining to American Indians, Mexican Americans, migrants, rural education, small schools, and outdoor education is included. (NQ)