LANIER SPEECH & DEBATE
WEB RESOURCES
WEB RESOURCES
www.lanierspeechanddebate.org – our website
www.joyoftournaments.com – hub for tournament registration
www.speechanddebate.org – National Speech & Debate Association’s homepage
www.txfa.org – Texas Forensic Association’s homepage
www.everydaydebate.blogspot.org – blog with topic analysis
www.bauscharddebate.org – topic analysis and evidence
www.speechgeek.com/extemp - practice topics, topic analysis, quizzes
www.theinterpstore.com – pieces/books with pre-cut material for sale
www.mushroomcloudpress.com – plays for sale
www.samuelfrench.com – plays for sale (ignore the royalty fees)
www.dramaticpublishing.com – more plays/scenes for sale
www.donzolidis.com – playwright with humorous pieces; free samples, but buy the whole script
Remember, if you found something awesome on one of these sites, chances are others have, too. Diversify. Debaters, don’t look to take arguments verbatim. Create your own arguments and find the evidence that supports YOUR point. Interpers, be on the constant look out for newly published material and pieces that aren’t plastered all over youtube.
GENERAL RESEARCH
www.economist.com – The Economist magazine
www.npr.org – National Public Radio
www.brookings.edu – Brookings Institute
www.cato.org – Cato Institute
www.loc.gov/crsinfo/ - Congressional Research Service
www.cfr.org – Council on Foreign Relations
SITES TO AVOID
www.debate.org – not helpful; just message boards
www.brookpub.com – poorly-written interp. material
www.wikipedia.org * - used appropriately (not as a source but a middle-man for evidence) can be helpful