Where is the best place to find evidence for debate?

Try looking at opposing viewpoints

If you could interview a person who donated or received an organ, that would be an awesome ace up your sleeve. “Well, Bill Smith, an acquaintance of mine who donated a kidney, told me [something that supports your position]”.

I know nothing of debate. Are you given the topic, and assigned Pro and Con positions on the spot?

And you could ask the question here on Fluther and see what people come up with.

Congrats on making it to State and good luck!

Do a google search on google scholar

I’m sure there a lot of academic proposals out there for this. Maybe look for them?

I’ve looked just about everywhere, but this competition is one of those that teams will pay 100’s and thousands of dollars to get pre-printed evidence and it is usually top-of-the-line stuff that is from some random Ivy League professor’s lectures and what not. I’ve done all I can, but I do need a little help finding as much legitimate evidence as I can, fast.

So, the topic is “incentivizing” (a “word” I can’t stand, by the way, just had to throw that in, and I put it in quotes because I stubbornly refuse to acknowledge that it actually is a real word) organ donations. There is a pro and a con to a formal debate, or any debate, right? Which side are you on, the pro, I assume. Your opponents with be arguing against encouraging organ donations? Or the sides will not be arguing for or against organ donation but will be arguing the ethics or logistics of what? Of providing financial incentives for organ donations? The topic ‘incentivizing organ donations” doesn’t provide me, at least, with enough information to understand what kind of evidence you need. Evidence to support exactly what position? Exactly what will you and your partner be arguing? I’ve never participated in a formal debate but you must have to start with some kind of thesis or some equivalent or some statement of positions that says: we believe or will argue X, or X because of Y and then you present evidence that supports X and why Y follows from it or something like that, right? What exactly is X, in one sentence?

I second google scholar. Its a great way to find peer reviewed legit evidence on whatever topic your trying to research

Most local libraries provide their members with access to the EBSCO database which is an amazing asset when attempting to collect research on a wide variety of topics. Another good database for research is Jstor.