Library Boot Camp for Instructors 2025

Welcome to theUSMA Library Boot Camp

STEP ONE: You will be working in pairs, so select a Battle Buddy STEP TWO: Create a team name with your last names and class hour (TolmanMulloolyH2) STEP THREE: Everyone open your laptop and have it ready to use

USMA Library Boot Camp

library.westpoint.edu/bootcamp

Instructions

• Work in pairs - 1 cadet in the Boot Camp, 1 cadet using their laptop to search and find the answers

• Use FULL SCREEN while completing the Boot Camp

• Please lower the volume on your laptop until you need to watch a video

• During Boot Camp, you will be moving around the library but your laptop stays in the classroom

USMA Library Boot Camp library.westpoint.edu

Five Minutes Left! USMA Library Boot Camp

USMA Library Boot Camp Top Takeaways

Takeaway 1

• Librarians are available to help you with research

• Librarians can help you find background information and other sources

• Librarians can also help you evaluate sources that you have found

• Librarians can help you with Generative AI tools

Takeaway 2

• Always start with the USMA Library website www.library.westpoint.edu

• SCOUT is the first stop when you want to look at library holdings

Takeaway 3

• You can find help in many ways
• Chat through the USMA website
• Email a librarian
• Make a research appointment
• Visit the 2nd floor Help Kiosk

Takeaway 4

• Every Plebe has a COMPANY LIBRARIAN

Takeaway 5

• Don't forget about the Mounger Writing Center

• They can help you can express your ideas more clearly, forcefully, and effectively

Takeaway 6

• Go to the Front Desk on the 1st floor to check out materials or to check out a collab room (Remember! you will need a minimum of 3 cadets)

• Your CAC is your library card

Takeaway 7

• Some items from Archives and Special Collections are digitized and can be accessed through SCOUT

Final Questions?