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The Research Process by Jason Russell

The Research Process by Jason Russell. Research is fundamental Nothing will make you better, faster at debate than doing really good research

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The Research Process by Jason Russell

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  1. The Research Processby Jason Russell • Research is fundamental • Nothing will make you better, faster at debate than doing really good research • Research not only produces more evidence, but produces more ideas about debate, more innovative types of arguments, more familiarity with the language used in debates, and generally makes you rule. • Research is the thing about debate that will most benefit you outside of debate.

  2. Where do I do research? • The Gonzaga Library • http://www.gonzaga.edu/Academics/Libraries/Foley-Library/ • Use “All databases A to Z”

  3. Databases at GU • WorldCat – A database of databases • My favorite database – It’s literally a clearinghouse of most of the university databases • WorldCat sync’s to the entire GU library, making finding everything at Foley easier • Books are where good cards live

  4. WorldCat continued… • Freedom at risk : secrecy, censorship, and repression in the 1980s /Author: Curry, Richard Orr. • Publication: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1988 • Document: English : Book • Libraries Worldwide: 1167   GONZAGA UNIV A SPOKANE AREA LIBRARY • More Like This:Search for versions with same title and author | Advanced options ... •  See more details for locating this item

  5. WorldCat continued… • Availability:FirstSearch indicates your institution owns the item. • · Libraries worldwide that own item: 1167   GONZAGA UNIV A SPOKANE AREA LIBRARY • ·  Search the Gonzaga catalog • Holdings Information • Holdings Record Display • Database:Gonzaga University • Location:Foley General Collection • Call Number: KF4770.F76 1988 • Number of Items:1 • Status:Not Charged

  6. Databases at GU • Academic Search Complete • An EBSCO database • Contains tons of periodicals, a very useful resource

  7. Academic Search Complete Cont’d • Search modes • Boolean/Phrase • Find all my search terms • Find any of my search terms • SmartText SearchingHint • Apply related words • Also search within the full text of the articles

  8. Academic Search Complete Cont’d • Military Policy Options to Revise the French MilitaryPresence in the Horn of Africa.Full Text Available By: Liebl, Vernie. Comparative Strategy, Jan/Feb2008, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p79-87, 9p; DOI: 10.1080/01495930701839787; (AN 31168057) • Subjects: DJIBOUTI; FRANCE; DJIBOUTI -- Foreign relations; FRANCE -- Foreign relations -- 1995-; FRANCE -- Military relations • Database: Academic Search Complete • Add to folder Relevancy:  • PDF Full Text (54KB) • Full Text Options

  9. JSTOR • JSTOR is a cool, full-text database that also allows you to search within the text of the articles contained. • The other primary benefit of JSTOR is that it contains only peer-reviewed (i.e. high quality, academic) research

  10. Lexis-Nexis • Lexis (legal) – Nexis (news) • Full text database, allows you to search within the text • Best for really current events (politics, econ, relations)

  11. Project Muse • Sick K cardz • Full-text searches, full-text retrieval • Not at all for noobs

  12. Think Tanks • Foreign Policy Research Institute • http://thinktanks.fpri.org/index -- This is a great resource for finding think tanks interested in foreign policy. Incredibly comprehensive. In about 5 minutes, I located a new think tank I was unfamiliar with (The American Foreign Policy Council) and bounced to their website (http://www.afpc.org/publication_listings/index) where I found articles from this month on 4 of the 6 topic countries.

  13. Think Tanks cont’d • Generally known and useful think tanks that speak to foreign policy: • -Council on Foreign Relations • -The Heritage Foundation • -The Brookings Institution • -The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace • -The CATO Institute • -RAND • -American Enterprise Institute • -Hoover Institution • -Foreign Policy Association • -Center for Strategic & International Studies

  14. Think Tanks Cont’d • Useful country- or area-specific think tanks: • -Nautilus Institute (Korea) • -The Sejong Institute (Korea) • -Korean Legislation Research Institute (Korea) • -Centre for Strategic Research & Analysis (Turkey) • -Foreign Policy Institute (Turkey) • -Global Political Trends Center (Turkey) • -East-West Center (Korea/Japan) • -East-West Institute (Korea/Japan) • -National Institute for Research Advancement (Japan) • -Japan Institute of International Affairs (Japan)

  15. Think Tanks Cont’d • -International Council on Security Development (Afghanistan) • -Senlis Council (Afghanistan) • -The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program (Afghanistan) • -The EHSS (www.ehess.fr/html/html/index.html)(Afghanistan) • -The Middle East Forum (Kuwait/Iraq) • -Washington Institute for Near-East Policy (Kuwait/Iraq) • -Center for Middle East Public Policy (Kuwait/Iraq) • -Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (Kuwait/Iraq) • -Carnegie Middle East Center (Kuwait/Iraq)

  16. Sick Google Tips • Use the cache • Foley Center Library - Gonzaga University • Who We are and How to Contact Us · IM a Librarian · IM a Gonzaga Librarian. Foley Center Library. Click here to make Foley your Homepage ...www.foley.gonzaga.edu/ - Cached – Similar

  17. Sick Google Tips Cont’d • Do searches in quotations where applicable (i.e. “Military presence”) • Use advanced search options to delimit your terms • Increase your results per page (to like a million) • Be persistent – Google is not the smartest search engine; it’s just the biggest. You’ll need to look through a lot of pages a lot of times.

  18. Sick Google Tips Cont’d • Use Google News/Create Google alerts – Politics is a perfect example. You can tell Google to give you every article that says “political capital” and “Obama” in it. • Google books are cool – You can screen print the page and then scan it and OCR it, or you can stop whining and type the card. That’s about it though.

  19. Citing Ev • Citations: • Russell 9 (Jason, Dir Forensics-OU, Being Awesome Quarterly, 3(4), p. 15) JLR • Yes, the 9 represents 2009. Do not write that whole thing bc that’s lame. • Abbreviate where you can. See Dir above. • 3(4) is the volume(issue). • Do not include the article title. That’s for noobz. • Include the URL for all electronic stuff. • Put your initials outside the parenthesis. See JLR.

  20. Tagging Ev • Tags are the connection between your reading of the evidence & the judge • They should be brief & cogent • Tags are an argument; evidence is support for an argument.

  21. Underlining Ev • Why do we underline? • Think word economy • Don’t underline in such a way that the card doesn’t make sense (subject/verb agreement) • Reduce the ununderlined portion, but never below 8 pt font.

  22. Research Tips • Triangulate your research • Be exhaustive • Follow a research trail • Use your references • Read footnotes/endnotes • Take notes from the text. Look for key individuals, groups, & organizations quoted with opinions on the issue at hand.

  23. How to Read for Research • Learn to skim • Read the table of contents • Read the introductory chapter • Look for subject headings in text • Follow the author’s organizational pattern • Search the text for keywords

  24. Template Questions • What do you need to know? • All research at GDI will be electronic text • NO IMAGES • Free OCR is available in many places online • Russell has Omnipage if you need advanced OCR

  25. Conclusion • Research is what we do; start to love it now. • Research is a process. Learning is inevitable but takes time. If you’re not great now, dedicate yourself to it.

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