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Novice Debate Lecture

Novice Debate Lecture. Debate Research. Good Sources of Information. News Sources (news papers/magazines) cite research done by others Research Organizations (Think Tanks) University websites Scholarly Journals – they do the research that news articles cite . org sites

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Novice Debate Lecture

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  1. Novice Debate Lecture Debate Research

  2. Good Sources of Information • News Sources (news papers/magazines) • cite research done by others • Research Organizations (Think Tanks) • University websites • Scholarly Journals – they do the research that news articles cite • .org sites • .gov sites (for factual information only)

  3. Bad Sources of Information • Wiki sites – these can be edited by anyone at any time • .com (can be used…but can be very risky) • Blogs (when the author doesn’t have valid credentials) • Biased source (someone that has something to gain from the passage of plan)

  4. Where to Look • Google web search • Websites • Google News • News sources (magazines/newspapers) • Google Scholar • Scholarly Journals • Google Books • Think Tanks • CATO Institute • Brookings Institution • Center for Economic and Policy Research • Center for Government Research • Claremont Institute • Commonwealth Institute • RAND • Hoover Institution • Heritage Foundation • American Enterprise Institute

  5. How to Cut Evidence After you have the actual article

  6. How to Cut Evidence - After you have the actual article • Copy/Paste the article into a MS Word document. • Find and underline the claim • This is the argument that you want to make with this evidence. • Find and underline the warrants for the claim • This explains why the author makes the claim that they make • Make sure that you underline in a way that is grammatically correct. • Make sure that nothing you have omitted will change…in any way…the intent of the author.

  7. Tags • Change the claim of the evidence into your own words. • The tag needs to be a statement. • The wording of the tag needs to be the response…the evidence simply supports this response/argument.

  8. Citations • Even though we don’t read the full citation…we still need to have it. • Author’s full name • Author’s credentials • The reason that we know they are an expert • Date the article was published. • Title of article. • Title of source • name of magazine/journal/newspaper/website/etc • URL • Finally, copy and paste the author’s last name and the year to the front of the cite.

  9. Example of a cut card Tag Full Citation STATUS QUO INVESTMENT ONLY CLOGS THE SYSTEM--ENCOURAGING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION REDUCES DRIVING AND IMPROVES EFICIENCY Thomas Gotschi, Ph.D. andKevin Mills, J.D., ‘8 “Active Transportation for America: The Case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking,” http://www.railstotrails.org/resources/documents/whatwedo/atfa/ATFA_20081020.pdf, ACC. 7-5-12, JT Improving current highway conditions and performance measures has been estimated to require annual investments exceeding $200 billion. Current fuel tax revenue projections, however, suggest that the amount available will only be half of that.(6) It is now conventional wisdom that the dominant approach to enhancing mobility in post-war America—heavy investment in road infrastructure with little regard to alternatives—will only make congestion worse. To significantly reduce traffic congestion during a period of fiscal constraint, our transportation system must meet two basic challenges: efficiently connecting people with their destinations and doing so in a cost-effective manner. One major strategy to accomplish this is to encourage significant “mode shift;” reducing miles driven by shifting some automobile trips to bicycling, walking and public transportation. Name, Date URL The Claim Warrants of the card Extra text that doesn’t change the intent of the card

  10. What is Wrong with this Citation? Ansdell 2009 (Megan Ansdell focuses on space policy in her studies at George Washington University; 2009; http://www.princeton.edu/jpia/past-issues1/2010/Space-DebrisRemoval.pdf) NO Source Name No Article Name

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