Research Part Uno: Processing

Research Part Uno:Processing

Section 1 – What is “cutting cards” and why?

Good Debaters Can persuasively convince the judge their argument is better than their opponents argument Delivery Content

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

What is processing? The final product of research Just one more card mom, promise!

Section 2 – Parts of processing

Things to Have When Processing A) Tag B) Cite C) Card

A) 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 Warrant

Good tag, bad tag! Solves relations

Good tag, bad tag! Attempts at alleged economic engagement is nothing more than a clever ruse for imperio-capitalist exploitation – the aff is a wolf in sheep’s clothing that threatens to bring upon the Third World a forced conformity with liberal governance that simply sustains violent assumptions of Western economic superiority

Good tag, bad tag! US-China war goes nuclear – diplomacy can’t check escalation

B) 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 cites! Stras, Head of International Trade and Business Immigration at Cozen O’Connor, 1-21-’13 (Marcela, “The U.S. Mission In Mexico Increases Corporate Eligibility To Participate In Its Business Facilitation Program” Mondaq, lexis) Helman ‘11 Christopher Helman – Forbes Staff: Southwest Bureau covering Houston, the US energy capital – Forbes – “U.S. Should Drop Cuba Embargo For Oil Exploration” – December 12th – http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2011/12/12/u-s-should-drop-cuba-embargo-for-oil-exploration/

C) What is a card? What to do: Don’t skip paragraphs Don’t cut off paragraphs Don’t change paragraphs You don’t have to include the entire article Underline well!

Section 3 – How to cut cards

Final Product – how will we get there?

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Steps to cutting cards Open the debate template, Verbatim Paste the article into Verbatim (F2) Underline the article (F9 and F10) Make the article pretty (F3 and Ctrl+8) Write a tag (F7) Write a cite (F8 for the author name and date) Highlight the card (F11)

Processing Fast Hands Copy - Ctrl-C (Command-C) Paste - Ctrl-V (Command-V) Cut - Ctrl-X (Command-X) Undo - Ctrl-Z (Command-Z) Select all - Ctrl-A (Command-A)

Processing Fast Hands Switch windows – Alt+Tab (4-finger swipe/F3) Select text – Shift + Arrows Skip words – Ctrl + Arrows Select paragraph – Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Up/Down Select word – Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Left/Right

Cutting Cards Walkthrough “Mexico’s Economy: Reality Bites” – The Economist

Research Lecture Part Dos:Researching

Basic Research Tips No scientific formula for how to research Start with broad searches to investigate where the literature is going

Intermediate Research Tips “Economic engagement solves nuclear war” Picking the Right Language Following the Lit Footnotes!

Ultra-Advanced Research Tip

How Not to Research X bad, X nuclear war Ignoring opposing evidence Million cards, one argument Truth

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 - “carne asada tacos” Exclude a word - -flour tortilla Synonyms - ~salsa Website restriction – site:tacoswithoutborders.com Wildcard – “a * saved is a * earned” Around – tacos AROUND (5) bueno Filetype – filetype:pdf

Topic specific sources Americas Quarterly Brookings – Latin America Carnegie – Latin America Council on Foreign Relations – Americas Wilson Center – Latin America Financial Times – Beyond BRICs

Research Part Uno: Processing