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  1. Computer Login Information Username: tmp_dcamp Password: LetsTalk2012

  2. Evidence Cards and Research Lecture Alejandres Gannon, UC Berkeley

  3. Section 1 – Importance of Research I cut my first card!!

  4. 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

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

  6. Section 2 – How to Research

  7. 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?

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

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

  10. Ultra-Advanced Research Tip

  11. 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…

  12. Section 3 – Researching Specific Arguments

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Section 4 – Alejandres’ Super Secret Guide to the Internets

  17. 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)

  18. 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

  19. 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

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

  21. Section 5 - Processing

  22. 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

  23. Things to Have When Processing • Tag • Cite • Card

  24. 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

  25. Good tag, bad tag! • Solves oil dependence • 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 • Warming is real and anthropogenic – models and scientific consensus are on our side

  26. 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

  27. 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)

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

  29. Final Product

  30. Section 5 - Template

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

  32. Word Ribbon

  33. Section 6– Alejandres’ Super Secret Evidence Card Cutting Guide

  34. 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+ArrowLeft/Right

  35. 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

  36. 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

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

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

  39. Section 7 – Practice!

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

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