Where to include js libraries in Ionic?

thanks for your time! I am battling to get any scripts running in the Ionic framework's sidemenu starter template. I have placed them everywhere (except where they're supposed to be, clearly) but to no avail. I have tried loading them before ionic and also using a lower version of jquery. I have built a decent mobile site with jquery that I've pushed through phonegap and it works perfectly but I would like to use Ionic as a personal challenge. However, I can't seem to get any of the scripts I'm using to work.

Do I include them in the main index file and if so, do they get loaded when each template instantiates? Or must I include them in each of the templates? If you could please be quite specific as to where in the folders I should place them (if indeed there is a specific place) and also where I should call the scripts.

I installed ionic using this yeoman generator https://github.com/diegonetto/generator-ionic if that helps.

If I have note been clear enough please comment and I will elaborate further.

Thank you for your patience - J

I would add any scripts such as jquery either just before or just after the script tag for cordova. This is in index.html located within the app/ directory of the project that running the yeoman generator created.

<!-- Place scripts such as JQuery here -->

<!-- cordova script (this will be a 404 during development) -->
<script src="cordova.js"></script>

    <script src="scripts/config.js"></script>
    <script src="scripts/app.js"></script>
    <script src="scripts/controllers.js"></script>

Once you have placed the scripts here they will get called when the app runs, and libraries such as jquery will be available globally throughout the app. I hope this helps.