You are an environmental policy researcher and have been commissioned to conduct a comprehensive study on the impact of single-use plastics on urban waterways. You begin your research with enthusiasm, but quickly become overwhelmed by the vast amounts of data, reports, articles, and statistics available on environmental pollution, waste management, and urban water systems.

Question

Select the strategy you would NOT employ to mitigate information overload:


Tagging each source with relevant keywords


Limiting the hours spent on research


Prioritising specific types of sources


Establishing a regular review process


Using a wide range of databases without filters

Answer 1

The strategy you would NOT employ to mitigate information overload is:

Using a wide range of databases without filters.

This approach would likely increase information overload rather than mitigate it, as it would provide an excessive amount of potentially irrelevant data. Using filters to narrow down sources is a more effective strategy for managing research.