If you're interested in a bit of reading, go to the www.greatplanes.com, and download the manual for the PT-40 kit. In the first couple of pages they explain the different uses for CA and Epoxy glue, and even detail how to build a workshop table using a door bought from a hardware store. For a complete beginner, you might want to look through some of the beginner websites that exist for a quick tour of what's what in the R/C world. This is what I've done to a great extent. I've always been interested, and finally my dream of owning an r/c plane is coming true, so I've been searching the web and buying magazines. It's really amazing what you can learn in a very short while.

www.easyrc.com is a beginner website you can start with (hmm, having trouble accessing their page about glues and tools, but anyway, there are plenty of other websites out there).

Like I said, just searching the web for beginner sites is the easiest thing to do.