The Resource Centre is the information hub of the Women's Health Care Centre. Our goal is to provide easy access to up-to-date, reliable, appropriate information about women's health. The Resource Centre offers a wide range of educational materials to help women become better informed about their health and health care choices. The Resource Centre is open to the public when the centre is open and clients are welcome to drop in to browse. The Resource Co-ordinator is available to provide assistance and make suggestions about appropriate materials. Services are free and confidential.
The Resource Centre offers the following services:
- Lending library - Library Catalogue - You can search our Lending Library Catalogue on LibraryThing. If you would be interested in borrowing, just let us know and we’ll get you started.
- Referral to other organizations and sources of information
- Information packages mailed to clients unable to access the library in person.
- Free Internet access to locate health information
- Photocopying for a small charge.
Here is what is available in the Resource Centre collection:
- Over 1000 items, including books, cassettes and video tapes, as well as journals, newsletters and other periodicals related to women's health concerns.
- Wide range of pamphlets and fact sheets
- Information file with newspaper and journal articles
- Resources cover many different aspects of women's physical and emotional health from medical, feminist and psychological perspectives.
- Topics include wellness, body image, violence against women, pregnancy and childbirth, midlife and menopause, self-esteem, assertiveness, and women's conditions and diseases.
Drop in to the Resource Centre at 157 Charlotte Street, Peterborough, call the Women's Health Care Centre at (705) 743-4132 or 1-800-419-3111 to find out more about these services. You can find our Lending Library Borrowing Policy here (PDF).
For help finding information, or for information packages, you can email the Resource Coordinator directly at manders@prhc.on.ca, contact her at the address and phone numbers above, or IM her at: