I see others have already helped.
Here are some things that may help you in the future.
All of the Perldocs online.PerlDoc
Perl Mongers is a great site to keep track of you could even look for a perlmongers group in your area or establish one yourself.
PerlMongers even has a beginner's mailing list beginners mailinglist
There is always Super Search which I find by typing Super Search in the search box at the top of the Perlmonks page.

Maybe some of the more seasoned Perlmonks can post some other links that would be helpful to a newbie?

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In reply to Re: CGI::Carp use of BEGIN block to log errors (newbie question) by providencia
in thread CGI::Carp use of BEGIN block to log errors (newbie question) by lauragarcia

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