1. Research, The Template, Etc. James Stevenson (Alejandres Gannon)

3. Section 1: How and why to ‘cut cards’

4. Good Debaters… Persuasively convince a judge that their argument is better than their opponent’s argument ▫Ethos ▫Pathos ▫Logos

5. Why Research? Research brings knowledge = wins debates Research is fun Research is creative

6. What is a card? Selection of text from a scholarly source conveying an argument

7. What is ‘processing’? The final stage of the course of research – Turning text into “cards”

8. Turning this…

9. …Into this

10. Section 2: Steps of Processing

11. Three parts of a processed card Tag Cite Card text

12. A) The tag Brief summary of the argument made by the card Why tag? ▫Explain your argument ▫“Flowability” What does a tag include? ▫Claim ▫Warrant

13. GOOD TAG BAD TAG! 1) Solves relations

14. 2) The story of economic engagement is inseparable from the story of violent neoliberalism that sponsored inequality, funds the military industrial complex, renders populations disposable, ecological destruction, racism, and incarceration of entire populations. Economic engagement is a strategy of exceptionalist exploitation of the Other for the gain of the self because it employs calculative logic to reduce the radical alterity enjoyed by others to the restrictive confines of our own whims and wishes

15. 3) Lifting the embargo solves – improves the Cuban economy and betters US-Cuba relations

16. B) What is a Cite? Why have a cite? What does a proper cite include? Author name Author qualifications Article name Article source Article date URL/database

17. Side note – on journals Journal citations also need the following ▫Volume # ▫Issue # ▫Pages

18. Exemplary cites Kreps and Flores-Macías ’13 Sarah E. Kreps, Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, and Gustavo A. Flores-Macías, Assistant Professor of Government at Cornell University, “No Strings Attached? Evaluating China’s Trade Relations Abroad,” The Diplomat, 5/17/2013, http://thediplomat.com/china-power/no-strings-attached-evaluating-chinas-trade- relations-abroad/http://thediplomat.com/china-power/no-strings-attached-evaluating-chinas-trade- relations-abroad/ Pham ’10 J. Peter Pham, director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center at the Atlantic Council, was editor of American Foreign Policy Interests, “China's Strategic Penetration of Latin America: What It Means for U.S. Interests,” American Foreign Policy Interests: The Journal of the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, Volume 32, Issue 6, 2010, pages 363-381, DOI:10.1080/10803920.2010.535762

19. C) What is a card? Good: ▫Fewer ideas – focus ▫Conclusiveness ▫Consistent Bad: ▫Don’t skip paragraphs ▫Don’t cut off paragraphs ▫Don’t change paragraphs

20. Underlining Goldilocks Rule – not too little, not too much Isolate key warrants Box out good phrases Can be imperfect – highlight later

21. Section 3: How to Cut Cards

22. The Final Product

23. The Word Ribbon

24. Cutting Cards in 7 Easy Steps 1.Open the template, Verbatim 2.Paste text into Verbatim (F2) 3.Underline the card (F9 and F10) 4.Condense text (F3 and ctrl+8) 5.Write a tag (F7) 6.Write a cite (F8 for author name and year) 7.Highlight the card (F11)

25. Handy Shortcuts Copy = ctrl + c Cut = ctrl + x Undo = ctrl + z Select all = ctrl + a Paste above cite = ctrl + f8 Switch window = alt + tab

26. Walkthrough “Mexico’s Economy: Reality Bites” – The Economist

28. Section 1: General research

29. Basic Tips No scientific formula to research Start with broad searches and narrow down

30. Intermediate tips Use the right search engine ▫Google ▫Google News ▫Google Scholar ▫SCuFI custom Google search Pick the right language Follow literature Footnotes/citations

31. Expert Research Tips

32. How Not to Research X Bad X Nuclear War X Outweighs Y Ignoring opposing evidence Million cards, one argument

33. Handy Internets Shortcuts New tab = ctrl + t New window = ctrl + n Open link in new tab = middle click, ctrl+click Move to next tab = ctrl + tab/ctrl + shift + tab Close tab = ctrl + w Select url = F6/ctrl + L

34. Handy Google Tricks Quotes for exact phrases = “delightful fluffy cats” Minus to exclude a word = cats –dogs Synonyms = ~felines Website restrictions = -doglovers.com Wildcard = “If man could be crossed with a *, it would improve man but deteriorate the *. ” Around = cats AROUND (5) superior Filetype = filetype:pdf

35. Section 2: On Sources

36. Books Best source ▫In-Depth ▫Edited ▫Lost of citations Most difficult to acquire

37. Scholarly/”journal” articles Pretty high quality ▫Peer edited, qualified authors ▫Decent depth Moderately difficult to find ▫Contained in databases

38. Using databases http://library.dixie.edu ▫“Article databases”  “Alphabetical list” Lexis-Nexis EBSCO/Academic Search Premier Project Muse JSTOR

39. Think tanks Fairly high quality – below books and journal articles Usually emphasize particular ideologies or focus on single issues Easy to find – online

40. Newspapers & periodicals Medium quality ▫Less rigorous editing ▫Less citation/sourcing ▫Easier to get published by Very easy to access – Google News, Lexis-Nexis Perfect for DA uniqueness

41. Random webpages Low reliability ▫Not edited ▫No content standards whatsoever Source of choice for crazy/overly ideological people - bias Often nonsense

42. Topic Sources Americas Quarterly Brookings – Latin America Carnegie – Latin America Council on Foreign Relations – Americas Wilson Center – Latin America Financial Times – Beyond BRICs

44. I’m just going to show you this stuff