by Harrison Durland | Jun 6, 2018 | Research Tips, Soapbox
I’ll be honest: sometimes, I’m just as guilty as the next guy. Once, it was because I had a looming deadline and no inspiration for a topic. Once, it was because I realized that taking one side would make it easier to crank out a paper. Once, I forgot that I had a...
by Isaiah McPeak | Jun 29, 2015 | From Intermediate to Advanced, Research Tips, Stoa
argghhh! You didn’t win nationals! Actually, that’s not precise… more like, “I lost at X point, and that was FRUSTRATING.” And so you’re aiming your frustration at some pre-pre-pre-season research. I get that. This will help your...
by Isaiah McPeak | Feb 3, 2015 | Parliamentary, Research Tips
Too many debaters rely on web search. As we’ve argued before (here, here, here, and here), books are the most important sources to explore. Lectures and MOOCs are great, too. But you should also be following or regularly visiting some sites to get up-to-date...
by Andrew Min | Nov 11, 2010 | Research Tips
A lot of people wonder how Ethos briefs could possibly be so long. Do we have lives? Are we just research zombies? Are we, possibly, robots? While all these are very plausible theories (and while I have considered the last one for *certain* members of our staff :P),...
by Joseph Samelson | Oct 23, 2010 | Research Tips
Go subscribe to these blogs. now. …nope. Don’t do that. Read this, THEN subscribe to the blogs below. Don’t worry, I will be here when you get back. Volokh (VOUL-Ker) Conspiracy – Volokh is a group blog written by a few top law professors in the...
