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Alejandres Gannon, UC Berkeley

I cut my first card!!

Good DebatersCan persuasively convince the judge their

argument is better than their opponents argumentDeliveryContent

Researching is about producing the best possible content you can for a debate

Why Research?Research wins debatesResearch is fun!Research gets creative

Just one more card mom, promise!

What to ResearchResearch should produce arguments that you

can read in a debateWhat form do these argument take?How do I organize arguments?What am I looking for?How do I get from a google search to a

completed file?

Basic Research TipsNo scientific formula for how to researchStart with broad searches to investigate

where the literature is going

Intermediate Research Tips“Finance Reform Will

Pass”Picking the Right

LanguageFollowing the LitFootnotes!

Ultra-Advanced Research Tip

How Not to Research“High speed rail”

and “nuclear war”Ignoring opposing

evidenceMillion cards, one

argumentDebate search

terms (key, solves, etc)

Truth½ a file

Maybe this aff doesn’t cause nuclear war…

Cutting an AffirmativeStart with solvency mechanism, not harms

areaWhat’s the trick?Angle against common neg arguments

Big stick (impact) affSmall (link) affSquirrelly affKritik aff

Classic squirrely aff

Cutting a DisadvantageStart with the link

General topic linksSpecific links

Uniqueness comes lastWhy?

Impact diversityImpacts that outweigh the affImpacts that turn the aff

Cutting a Case negStart with the 1ACCounterplans and other solvency mechanismsCase

Everything is fine Impact defense Squo solves

The aff is irrelevant Solvency

Disadvantage links

Internets ShortcutsNew tab – Ctrl+TNew window – Ctrl+NOpen in new window - Middle

click/Ctrl+ClickMove to next window - Ctrl+TabMove to last window - Ctrl+Shift+TabClose tab - Ctrl+WSelect URL - F6 (Command-L)

Google TricksExact phrase search - “X and Y”Exclude a word - -querySynonyms - ~queryWebsite restriction – site:google.comWildcard – “a * saved is a * earned”Around – query AROUND (4) queryFiletype – filetype:pdf

Sources

Topic specific sourcesEno Center for TransportationPlanetizenRAND Infrastructure and TransportationThe Transportation PoliticHeritage Foundation TransportationTransportation ExpertsTransportation Research Board

What is processing?The final product of researchWhat you aim to arrive at when you take

articles from the internet and convert them into evidence cards

Things to Have When ProcessingTagCiteCard

What is a Tag?Short summary of the argument your card

makesWhy have a tag?

Convey your argumentFlowability

What should be included in a tag?Claim – argument the card makesWarrant – why that argument is true

Good tag, bad tag!1. Solves oil dependence2. The aff is the apotheosis of the capitalist

death machine which threatens to be, for the first time in the age of humanity, that which brings upon us our imminent doom in the fiery splash of the decadence of greed and filth

3. Warming is real and anthropogenic – models and scientific consensus are on our side

What is a Cite?Why have a cite?What to include in a cite?

Author nameAuthor qualificationsDate publishedArticle nameSource (Newspaper, Journal name, etc)URL/Database found

Good cite!Langford, Lieutenant Colonel US Army, ‘4 (Gary, May 3, “Power Projection Platforms: An Essential Element of Future National Security Strategy” US Army War College, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA423647)

What is a card?What to do:

Include the entire text of what you’re usingDon’t cut off paragraphsUnderline well!

Final Product

Verbatimpaperlessdebate.com

RequirementsPC – Office 2010Mac – Office 2011

Word Ribbon

Processing fast handsCopy - Ctrl-C (Command-C)Paste - Ctrl-V (Command-V)Cut - Ctrl-X (Command-X)Undo - Ctrl-Z (Command-Z)Redo - Ctrl-Y (Command-Y)Select all - Ctrl-A (Command-A)Switch windows – Alt+Tab (4-finger swipe/F3)Select paragraph - Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Up/DownSelect word - Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left/Right

Sources

Google TricksExact phrase search - “X and Y”Exclude a word - -querySynonyms - ~queryWebsite restriction – site:google.comWildcard – “a * saved is a * earned”Around – query AROUND (4) queryFiletype – filetype:pdf

LexisWithin

Words - w/# (eg. obama w/25 political capital)Paragraph – w/pSentence – w/s

Wildcards* - wom*n! - transport!

atleast#(word) - atleast25(transportation)()OR, AND

Topic specific sourcesEno Center for TransportationPlanetizenRAND Infrastructure and TransportationThe Transportation PoliticHeritage Foundation TransportationTransportation ExpertsTransportation Research Board

Find it!“Oil Dependence Threatens Economic Stability” Feb, 2011

Steps1.Google it2.Copy and paste the article into Word/Verbatim3.Underline the card4.Give the card a tag5.Give the card a cite