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Department of English & Philosophy Mission

The Department of English & Philosophy prepares cadets to be outstanding communicators and adaptable critical thinkers who can synthesize concepts; appreciate diverse cultures, ideas, and forms of expression; and assess clearly the implications of complex ethical questions.

Looking for journal articles on English & Philosophy topics? The USMA Library offers a variety of English & Philosophy databases that provide access to journal articles to help with your research. Find them here!

- Search Scout to see what we have access to.

- For books we don't own, try ConnectNY.  

- For articles we don't own, try InterLibrary Loan.  

What does an academic department liaison do?

Reference & Research Consultant

• Support for thesis students
• Provide reference & research support, or appropriate referral to other experts or service providers
• In-person, phone, email, and chat support available

Teaching and Learning

• Orientations to new faculty during FDW, participate in FDW
• Updates to returning faculty
• Understand libraries’ potential role in providing content or support for department
• Topical workshops (Zotero citation management, Wikipedia, OpenRefine)
• Create instruction support material including research guides LibGuides: online research guides
• Attend departmental seminars, meetings, and subject-specific conferences and collaborate with faculty to support their research

Integrate library resources into course development

• Incorporate use of library collections and research based learning as an integral component of courses
• Collaboratively build framework for understanding research processes, using library resources, and designing in-person and online learning environments to support project development
• Support curriculum to integrate information fluency concepts and research skills into the curriculum, assist with project development to assess these skills

Collection development

• Book purchase requests
• Access to databases
• Training on english and philosophy focused databases
• Scholarly Communication – Recruit content for the institutional repository – USMA Digital Commons

Enrichment

• Celebration of West Point Authors Event
• Support to departmental special events (Special Collections and Archives exhibits)
• Library hosted exhibits (Forbidden Art, Cushing Medal of Honor)
• Student & Campus engagement (National Poetry Month, National Libraries Week)