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 ProcessingA) TagB) CiteC) 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 ‘11Christopher 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?

Word Ribbon

Steps to cutting cards

1) 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)

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 QuarterlyBrookings – Latin AmericaCarnegie – Latin AmericaCouncil on Foreign Relations –

AmericasWilson Center – Latin AmericaFinancial Times – Beyond BRICs