What Can I Have For Resources?

Just letting you know, you can bring whatever you can carry that is in print. (Sorry, no electronic devices allowed during the preparation or the round). If you bring in a wagonload of dictionaries, encyclopedias and books, that is fine by me. Realistically, you can probably get away with these items:

A Good Dictionary
A Good Book of Quotations
A Book on the US Constitution and Important Supreme Court Cases
A Dictionary, Encyclopedia or other overview of famous philosophers

Having notes of particular historical or cultural events that relate to the debate resolutions will also be a plus. Keep in mind you only have 5 minutes to prepare and during the round you only have 2 minutes of prep time. Remember that all of these resources only provide your data or rationale, you still need to come up with the claims and warrants to make your arguments. If you forgot...

Claim--What you are trying to prove
Data/Source--The information that supports your claim and the source of your data
Warrant--Explanation of how your data proves your claim

Sample

Claim---The world is round
Data--According to photographic images provided by NASA during the Apollo missions, the pictures show a round Earth
Warrant--Because we have NASA's photographs of the Earth, we know the world is round.