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Alejandres Gannon, UC Berkeley

I cut my first card!!

Good Debaters Can persuasively convince the judge their argument is better than their opponents argument Delivery Content Researching is about producing the best possible content you can for a debate

Why Research? Research wins debates Research is fun! Research gets creative Just one more card mom, promise!

What to Research Research should produce arguments that you can read in a debate What 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 Tips No scientific formula for how to research Start with broad searches to investigate where the literature is going

Intermediate Research Tips “Finance Reform Will Pass” Picking the Right Language Following the Lit Footnotes!

Ultra-Advanced Research Tip

How Not to Research “High speed rail” and “nuclear war” Ignoring opposing evidence Million cards, one argument Debate search terms (key, solves, etc) Truth ½ a file Maybe this aff doesn’t cause nuclear war…

Cutting an Affirmative Start with solvency mechanism, not harms area What’s the trick? Angle against common neg arguments Big stick (impact) aff Small (link) aff Squirrelly aff Kritik aff Classic squirrely aff

Cutting a Disadvantage Start with the link General topic links Specific links Uniqueness comes last Why? Impact diversity Impacts that outweigh the aff Impacts that turn the aff

Cutting a Case neg Start with the 1AC Counterplans and other solvency mechanisms Case Everything is fine Impact defense Squo solves The aff is irrelevant Solvency Disadvantage links

Internets Shortcuts New tab – Ctrl+T New window – Ctrl+N Open in new window - Middle click/Ctrl+Click Move to next window - Ctrl+Tab Move to last window - Ctrl+Shift+Tab Close tab - Ctrl+W Select URL - F6 (Command-L)

Google Tricks Exact phrase search - “X and Y” Exclude a word - -query Synonyms - ~query Website restriction – site:google.com Wildcard – “a * saved is a * earned” Around – query AROUND (4) query Filetype – filetype:pdf

Sources News and Time Sensitive Google Date lexis EbscoHost Factiva Military-oriented dtic.mil Orbis MiPAL/MERLN Qualified/International Google Scholar SagePub ProjectMuse IngentaConnect CIAONet Science-based WileyInterscience ScienceDirect

Topic specific sources Eno Center for Transportation Planetizen RAND Infrastructure and Transportation The Transportation Politic Heritage Foundation Transportation Transportation Experts Transportation Research Board

What is processing? The final product of research What you aim to arrive at when you take articles from the internet and convert them into evidence cards

Things to Have When Processing Tag Cite Card

What is a Tag? Short summary of the argument your card makes Why have a tag? Convey your argument Flowability What should be included in a tag? Claim – argument the card makes Warrant – why that argument is true

Good tag, bad tag! 1. Solves oil dependence 2. 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 name Author qualifications Date published Article name Source (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, bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA423647)

What is a card? What to do: Include the entire text of what you’re using Don’t cut off paragraphs Underline well!

Final Product

Verbatim paperlessdebate.com Requirements PC – Office 2010 Mac – Office 2011

Word Ribbon

Processing fast hands Copy - 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/Down Select word - Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left/Right

Sources News and Time Sensitive Google Date lexis EbscoHost Factiva Military-oriented dtic.mil Orbis MiPAL/MERLN Qualified/International Google Scholar SagePub ProjectMuse IngentaConnect CIAONet Science-based WileyInterscience ScienceDirect

Google Tricks Exact phrase search - “X and Y” Exclude a word - -query Synonyms - ~query Website restriction – site:google.com Wildcard – “a * saved is a * earned” Around – query AROUND (4) query Filetype – filetype:pdf

Lexis Within Words - w/# (eg. obama w/25 political capital) Paragraph – w/p Sentence – w/s Wildcards * - wom*n ! - transport! atleast#(word) - atleast25(transportation) () OR, AND

Topic specific sources Eno Center for Transportation Planetizen RAND Infrastructure and Transportation The Transportation Politic Heritage Foundation Transportation Transportation Experts Transportation Research Board

Find it! “Oil Dependence Threatens Economic Stability” Feb, 2011 Steps 1. Google it 2. Copy and paste the article into Word/Verbatim 3. Underline the card 4. Give the card a tag 5. Give the card a cite