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Parli for Novices, a student-created resource by the NYPDL, covers basics of parliamentary debate tournaments and rounds, including competition logistics and speech times.

Yale Parli Style Guide, a brief guide to parliamentary debate conventions, style, and participant roles prepared by the Yale Debate Association for the Yale Invitational.

FV Playbook, a compilation of generic NPDA arguments created by Kehl Van Winkle and Liz Featherton from the University of Oregon, is a useful resource for frontlines and blocks, kritiks, and kritik answers. 

CHSSA Intro to Parliamentary Debate, a handbook created by veteran parliamentary debate coaches (Claremont Colleges' Kate Shuster and John Meany) that describes the very basic obligations and rules of parliamentary debate in California.