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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