U.S. Military Academy: Contemporary and Historical Information Resources

Duration: 40 minutes
Date Recorded: February 04, 2021

Description

Title: U.S. Military Academy: Contemporary and Historical Information Resources

Speaker:

Bert Chapman, Government Information, History, and Political Science Librarian, Purdue University Libraries

Description:

1. Understand the historical, contemporary, and emerging missions of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (NY).
2. Examine the available curricular and research activities of this institution, including those produced by the Combating Terrorism Center and Modern War Institute.
3. Examine the historical resources produced by the Academy’s Library, including the “West Point Atlas of American Wars,” and information and documentation concerning individual cadets, which can be used for genealogical research.