Take a Paws: Fostering Student Wellness with a Therapy Dog Program at Your University Library

Public Services Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-22

  Lannon, Amber ^a   Harrison, Pamela ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

outreach; public services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926148916     PISSN: 15228959     EISSN: 15229114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228959.2014.984264     Document Type: Article

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