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Can persuasively convince the judge their
argument is better than their opponents
argument
 Delivery
 Content
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Research wins
debates
Research is fun!
Research gets
creative
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The final product of research
Just one more card mom, promise!
A) Tag
B) Cite
C) Card
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Short summary of the argument your card
makes
Why have a tag?
 Convey your argument
 Flowability
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What should be included in a tag?
 Claim
 Warrant
Solves relations
Attempts at alleged economic engagement is
nothing more than a clever ruse for imperiocapitalist 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
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US-China war goes nuclear – diplomacy can’t
check escalation
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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
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 ‘11
Christopher 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/us-should-drop-cuba-embargo-for-oil-exploration/
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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!
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Open the debate template, Verbatim
Paste the article into Verbatim (F2)
Underline the article (F9 and F10)
Make the article pretty (F3 and Ctrl+8)
Write a tag (F7)
Write a cite (F8 for the author name and
date)
Highlight the card (F11)
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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)
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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
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“Mexico’s Economy: Reality Bites” – The
Economist
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No scientific formula for how to research
Start with broad searches to investigate
where the literature is going
“Economic engagement
solves nuclear war”
 Picking the Right Language
 Following the Lit
 Footnotes!
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X bad, X nuclear war
Ignoring opposing evidence
Million cards, one argument
Truth
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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)
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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
 Americas Quarterly
 Brookings – Latin America
 Carnegie – Latin America
 Council on Foreign Relations – Americas
 Wilson Center – Latin America
 Financial Times – Beyond BRICs