Research Strategies

In this video, Jim goes through the role that research plays in competitive debate and explains how a debater should do research. First, Jim explains why research is important in a debate. After that are some tips and tricks for using different search engines such as using quotes, -next, and advanced search options. Jim goes through different types of sources encounter while researching like periodicals, journals, think tanks, and others. If you don’t know your source, there’s a way to fact check and tell the potential bias of the article you’ve found. Finally, Jim talks about how to use evidence packets which might be particularly useful for anyone going to or at camp or that uses briefs.