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This
page provides information about the cancer resource collections at
libraries from Richmond to Virginia Beach.
The Williamsburg Regional Library
provides a variety of cancer-related resources and services
for adults and children, including both circulating and reference
books and audiovisual materials.
| Location: |
Williamsburg
Regional Library located at either:
515 Scotland Street, Williamsburg (259-4050) or
7770 Croaker Road (259-7720), Norge |
| Hours: |
Monday
- Thursday, 10am-9pm;
Friday, 10am-6pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm; Sunday, 1pm-5pm |
Developed to offer the most current
and accurate information on cancer treatment, support, nutrition and
prevention for adults and children. Resources include books,
videos, audio-tapes, brochures, magazines,
medical journals and directories to area support
groups, medical specialists, cancer
centers and events.
| Location: |
100
Sentara Circle |
| Hours: |
Monday
- Friday, 9am-1pm |
| Medical
Librarian: |
Renee
Brown |
The primary mission of the medical
library is to serve the research needs of the physicians and
hospital staff. The public may use the library materials on a
self-serve basis. Photocopier available. Resources
are for in-library use only.
Resources: Clinical texts and
journals related to oncology.
| Location: |
Massey
Cancer Center Room G-123 (next to the Dalton Oncology Clinic) |
Directions:
(from Williamsburg) |
Take
64 west to Exit #190 for 5th Street and Downtown. Turn
left at the 4th traffic light onto Marshall Street. Drive six
blocks and turn left onto 11th Street. Drive one block and
turn right onto Clay Street. Go one and one half blocks to the
Patient and Visitor's Parking Deck. |
| Hours: |
Monday
- Friday, 9am-5pm |
| Library
Coordinator: |
Polly
Cole |
| Telephone: |
(804)
828-8709 |
| Email
address: |
Library1@mcc.vcu.edu |
Collection and services:
Open to anyone, anywhere, who is
coping with cancer. You may request an information packet
over the telephone, through email or by stopping at the library
(no appointment needed). The library provides up-to-date
information written in language you can understand.
Resources include books, pamphlets, videotapes and audiotapes.
Information topics include cancer treatment, site specific cancer,
diet and nutrition, hospice and home care, loss and grief.
Books, videos and audiotapes may be checked out. Pamphlets
are free for taking. Volunteers are available in the library
to help you in your search. Wig and headcovering room opened
Winter, 1999.
| Location: |
600
Gresham Drive
Norfolk, Virginia 23507 |
Directions:
(from Williamsburg) |
Take
I-64 east to 264 (downtown Norfolk). Take 264 to the
Brambleton Avenue exit. Continue on Brambleton Avenue
until the intersection with Colley Avenue. Turn right on
Colley Avenue and left on Olney Road. Look for the
Eastern Virginia Medical School and Sentara Cancer Institute
parking lot on Olney Road. |
| Hours: |
Monday
- Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm |
| Cancer
Information Coordinator: |
Annie
Duncan |
| Telephone: |
800-523-8223 |
Collection and services:
Open to anyone, anywhere who is
coping with cancer. You may request an information
packet over the telephone or by stopping at the Resource Center
(no appointment needed). The Center includes books,
pamphlets, audiotapes and videotapes. Information available
on a variety of topics including treatments, coping and living
with cancer, nutrition, and site specific disease.
Books, videos and audiotapes
checkout. Pamphlets available free of charge.
Volunteers are available to help you with your research. The
Center maintains a speakers bureau.
Riverside
Cancer Resource Library
| Location: |
500
J. Clyde Morris Boulevard
Newport News, VA 23601
Riverside Cancer Services hallway behind the Riverside
Cancer Treatment Center |
| Hours: |
Monday
- Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm |
| Telephone: |
Riverside
Cancer Services
(757) 594-3099
Riverside Ask-A-Nurse
(757) 595-6363 -- Peninsula
(757) 357-6368 -- Isle of Wight
(804) 693-6368 -- Middle Peninsula
(804) 443-6368 or 1-800-675-6368 -- Tappahannock
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The Cancer Resource Library is an
area designated for the cancer patient, family or friends, and those
in the community interested in cancer prevention and early
detection. The library has lay-oriented books, videos, informative
brochures on a wide collection of cancer-related topics. The library
is located in the Cancer Services section, Riverside Regional
Medical Center, available free to those in need of information.
Cancer Services staff members are available to assist those who
visit the library. |
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