NSDA (National Topic) Lincoln-Douglas Research Series
Subscription: Each issue provides 36 pages of topic analysis and argument briefs on the NSDA LD topic.
Release dates:
Aug, 20, 2025 (for the Sept/Oct topic)
Oct. 20, 2025 (for the Nov/Dec topic)
Dec. 20, 2025 (for the Jan/Feb topic)
Feb. 20, 2026 for the Mar/Apr topic)
Price (Subscription for 4 Issues): $120
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UIL (Texas) Lincoln-Douglas Research Series
Subscription: Each issue provides 36 pages of topic analysis and argument briefs on the Texas University Interscholastic League LD topic.
Release dates:
Sept. 1, 2025 (for the Fall LD topic)
Jan. 1, 2026 (for the Spring LD topic)
Price (Subscription includes both Fall and Spring topics): $99.99
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Value Debate Handbook
The Value Debate Handbook offers easy-to-understand explanations of major philosophical positions as they are typically used in Lincoln Douglas debate. In addition, the book provides dozens of actual briefs which can be used to establish value frameworks and criteria for meeting those values in LD debate.
Price: $34.95
Lincoln-Douglas Great Philosopher Series
This ten volume set brings debaters in touch with the great philosophers of the Western World. Each volume begins with a strategic overview from an expert in Lincoln Douglas debate explaining the ways that particular philosophies are typically used in LD debate. The second section of each volume offers readings from the sections of each philosopher’s works most often used in LD debate. The volumes include Aristotle, Plato, Aquinas, Mill, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Burke, and Thoreau.
Price for the 10 Vol. set: $130.00