Evidence Cards and Research Lecture

Revised by Mark VeederOriginally By Andres Gannon

Section 1 – Importance of Research

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!

Section 2 – How to Research

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“Digital Privacy”Picking the Right

LanguageFollowing the LitFootnotes!

Ultra-Advanced Research Tip

How Not to Research“Digial Privacy”

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…

Section 3 – Marks Super Secret Guide to the Internets

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

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

SourcesNews and Time

SensitiveGoogle DatelexisEbscoHostFactiva

Philosophy BasedProject MuseReligion and

Philosophy Collection

Qualified/InternationalGoogle ScholarSagePubProjectMuseIngentaConnect

Section 4 - Processing

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!Brin, David. Doctor of Philosophy in space science, 2010 fellow at the Institute of Ethics. 1998. The Transparent Society. “Chapter One: The Challenge of an Open Society” http://www.davidbrin.com/transparentsociety1.html

What is a card?What to do:

Don’t skip paragraphsDon’t cut off paragraphsDon’t change textUnderline well!You don’t have to include the entire article

Steps to cutting cards1) Open the debate template, Verbatim2) Paste the article into Verbatim (F2)3) Underline the article (F9 and F10)4) Make the article pretty (F3 and Ctrl+8)5) Write a tag (F7)6) Write a cite (F8 for the author name and

date)7) Highlight the card (F11)

Section 5 - Template

Verbatimpaperlessdebate.com

RequirementsPC – Office 2010Mac – Office 2011

Word Ribbon

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