Speech and Debate Curriculum Part 2.pdf

Primer
CQ Researcher
Guide to Research
Great for background and providing both sides of the story (available through libraries and some schools)
Universities to Search For
Harvard
Stanford
MIT
UPenn (knowledge@wharton)
Yale
Princeton (usually doesn’t have anything)
Dartmouth
Columbia
Berkeley
Duke
UChicago
Brown
Georgetown
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
International Universities
Oxford
Cambridge
London School of Economics
Obviously these sound more legitimate on an international topic, but they often do relevant
research about America as well. An international comparison on a domestic topic can also bolster a case.
Often these universities will have centers on what you want to research. For example, UPenn’s Wharton
School has the Pension Research Council, which provided great information for the pensions topic; John’s
Hopkins had the Center for Gun Policy and Research for nationals, and Harvard had the Harvard Project
on Indian Economic Development for the casino topic.
This is not to say that the research from these universities is actually any better than that from any other
university, but it sounds better when you talk about a Harvard study. Of course, if it’s the non-Harvard
study that is giving you the best information go with that.
Journal Articles & Studies
Blackwell Synergy
JSTOR
Science Direct
Springer Link
Project Muse
Wiley Interscience
LexisNexis Legal
Questia
These are all great, but if you can’t get access it’s not the end of the world. They are mostly available
through universities so if you know someone who would give you their login, go for it.
Limited Access Research Organizations
PolicyFile
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