LANIER SPEECH & DEBATE

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