N.C. Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources Women's Preventive Health Branch (P.O. Box 27687, 1330 Saint Mary's St., Raleigh 27611-7687; 919/733-7791): Provides assorted publications on family planning options and related topics. Publication list available
Planned Parenthood:Offers family planning options counseling, houses small libraries, sells books, and gives away pamphlets and booklets. Clinics receive issues of Current Literature in Family Planning, a journal published by the head librarian of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Clinics are located in Chapel Hill, Asheville, Gastania, Raleigh, Wilmington, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and Charlotte. (The clinics are all affiliates of PPFA.)
The Contraceptive Handbook: A Guide to Safe and Effective Choices. Edited by Beverly Winikoff, Suzanne Wymelenberg, and the Editors of Consumer Reports Books. Yonkers, NY: Consumer Reports Books, 1992. Summarizes all available contraceptive choices. Includes a discussion of doctors and other professional resources
Contraceptive Technology. 15th edition. By Robert A. Hatcher, et al. New York: Irvington Publishers, 1991. Describes existing contraceptive technologies. Includes sections on population, family planning, and global trends in family planning. Published biennially
Every Woman's Health: Complete Guide to Body and Mind. 5th edition. D.S. Thompson, Consulting Editor. Helene MacLean, Editor. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993
The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: Updated and Expanded for the 90's. The Boston Women's Health Book Collective. New York: Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 1992. Covers a wide range of women's health topics. Includes a chapter on family planning options. First published in 1976.