This page contains links to that will help debaters prepare their research. All Patapsco debate students are encouraged to use the online databases and research resources available through our Library Media Center.

In particular, SIRS Knowledge Source and SIRS Researcher's "Pro vs Con Leading Issues" are good starting points for developing arguments for both sides of an issue. Listed below are additional sites that will help you prepare.

• American Bar Association - Student Central provides programs, resources, and activities designed to help students learn about legal issues, public policies, and careers in the law.
• American Civil Liberties Union site includes fact sheets on recent and current legislation, Supreme Court cases and related articles on many issues.
• Debatabase, a project of IDEA, is the world's most useful resource for student debaters. Includes arguments for and against hundreds of debating topics.
• Debate Central is an online resource created and maintained by the National Center for Policy Analysis for high school students researching the nationwide high school debate topic.
• Envirolink Network is a non-profit organization which has been providing access to thousands of online environmental resources since 1991
• Middle School Public Debate Program site archives past and active debate topics, and includes links to resources on the World Wide Web for successful and challenging middle school debate topics.
• National Center for Policy Analysis(NCPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, established in 1983
• University of Michigan High School Debate Topics and Resources site offers links to a broad array of resources and topics.