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  Assistance, Therapy and Other Working Dogs 


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            PubMed
              Provides citations and abstracts for articles published in journals in medicine, life science and health administration.  It
                is maintained by the National Library of Medicine and is freely available.

 
Animal-assisted therapy
Assistance dogs and Psychology
Disabled person and Dogs
Guide dogs
Human-animal bond and Mental health 
Pets and Alzheimer disease
Pets and Child development
Pets and Human health
Pets and Psychotherapy
Service dogs
            AGRICOLA
              Provides citations to U.S. literature in the agriculture and life sciences, including veterinary medicine.  It is maintained
                   by the National Agricultural Library  and is freely available.
 
Animal-assisted therapy
 Guide  dogs
Human-animal bond
Pets and Child development
Pets and Public health
Pets and Mental health
Pets and Psychotherapy
Service dogs


           SearchLight
               SearchLight will search all of the Science/Engineering databases or Social Sciences/Humanities databases available to
                    you in your profile.  That is, if you are a UC affiliate, you will have more databases searched than an unaffiliated
                    public user.  SearchLight will search the available databases all at the same time, and the search results will include
                    books, journal and encyclopedia articles, and quality Internet sites.

 
Social Sciences & Humanities 
       Animal-assisted therapy
       Guide dogs
       Hearing dogs 
       Pets and AIDS
       Pets and Alzheimer's disease
       Pets and Child development
       Pets and Disabled person
       Pets and Psychotherapy
       Pets and Therapeutic tool

 
Science/Engineering Databases 
       Animal-assisted therapy
       Guide dogs
       Hearing dogs
       Pets and AIDS
       Pets and Alzheimer's disease
       Pets and Child development
       Pets and Disabled person
       Pets and Psychotherapy

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Articles
 
 
Chow Therapy Story (pdf)
Dr. P's Dog Training
           Easy access to the information available on the Internet about assistance dogs.
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc  --  Publicationsand Other Articles of Interest
International Cyberzine for Working Dogs
Non-profit Newspaper  (portions graphic intensive)
           A non-for-profit newspaper dedicated to the benefit of our best buddies.
"Paws For Health" on The Health Benefits of Pet Ownership
           The Paws For Health pages outline the requirements for the pet visitation program at the Children's Medical Center of the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals at Virginia Commonwealth University.  This page summarizes and specifically identifies a variety of studies on the health benefits of interacting with companion animals.
The Guide Horse Foundation --  Related Reading  (Found under "Related Guide Horse Reading")
The Harness Handle Newsletter provided by Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc.
Upper Michigan Dog Therapy Project  Newsletters

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Books
 

AAT Reference Material
Dr.White, by Jane Goodall, Julie Litty (Illustrator), North-South Books, 36 pp, 1999.
          This book tells the story of pet-assisted therapy through a true-life tale about a little white dog that brings joy to 
             young patients in a London hospital with its warmth and love.
Guide Dog Books introduces some interesting materials about guide dogs and therapy dogs.
Assistance/Service/Guide Dogs
Therapy Dogs
Life Skills for Living in the Real World
          Includes an explanation of Green Chimneys Longitudinal Assessment Plan, an initial life skills assessment scale, a 
              certificate of merit & more.
Life Skills Lessons for Little Folk
          The book is based on Life Skills for Living in the Real World and addresses a need expressed by many social 
              service, child care and educational professionals for earlier teaching of life skills.
People and Animals: A Therapeutic Animal-Assisted Activities Manual
          This manual explains the "nuts and bolts" of starting animal-assisted  programs, providing information for anyone
              interested in the human-anima bond.
Volunteering with your pet,  by Mary Burch.
          A  manual for anyone who wishes to join the growing number of volunteers who are working in therapy settings, 
              supplementing conventional medicine with the healing potential  of contact with animals. 
          Topics include:  why practice pet therapy, the history of therapy, which pets do what and why, where you can
              volunteer, independent living, and an index of case histories.

Additional Databases
 
 

Academic Universe
    Lexis-Nexis full-text and abstracts of comprehensive news, business,and legal information
Biosis
    Provides citations to journals, books, conference proceedings, and technical reports in the life sciences and biology.   It 
        is available by subscription, as well as via the California Digital Library (CDL) for University of California affiliates. 
MelvylCatalog
    A catalog of books and other materials from University of California campus libraries via the California Digital Library. 
        It is freely available to the general public. 
 PsycInfo
    Provides citations and abstracts to articles in professional journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and 
        dissertations in psychology and related disciplines.  PsycInfo is available by subscription, as well as on the California 
        Digital Library (CDL) for University of California affiliates. 
Statistical Universe
    Indexes and abstracts federal government statistical publications, links to selected government statistics on the web 
Web Of Science
    Produced by Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Provides article and citation searching in the sciences, social 
        sciences, arts, and humanities 

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