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You are preparing a research project on the impact of urban agriculture on food security in Johannesburg's inner-city neighbourhoods. Initially, you start with a broad search term, "urban agriculture benefits," which returns an overwhelming amount of information.

Realising the need to focus your research to avoid information overload, which of the following steps should you take next?


Narrow down your search by including specific keywords related to food security and Johannesburg's inner-city neighbourhoods.


Continue to sift through all the search results in hopes of finding relevant articles


Limit your search to only one database to reduce the number of search results.


Ask your classmates for their notes on urban agriculture to further refining your search strategy.

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The best step to take next in your research project would be to:

Narrow down your search by including specific keywords related to food security and Johannesburg's inner-city neighbourhoods.

This approach allows you to focus your research on the specific aspects of urban agriculture that are relevant to your study, making it easier to find targeted information without getting overwhelmed by irrelevant data. It helps refine the search results to include only those articles that are pertinent to your specific research question.