1.5.4 The 5 Ds

If you don’t use a system at all, then you could suffer from the effects of information overload:

• losing important information

• wasting time on trying to find things

• ending up with piles of physical and virtual stuff everywhere

One technique you might like to apply to your files (be they paper or electronic) is the 5Ds. Try applying these and see if you can reduce your information overload.

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1.5.1 Why is it important to be organised?

• 87% of items that are filed into a filing cabinet are never looked at again. STANFORD UNIVERSITY

• In 2010, the world’s digital information output was estimated to pass 1.2zettabytes – A zettabyte is a new term which equals a thousand billion gigabytes. University of California (Berkley)

• A new blog is created every second TECHNORATI

• 10% of salary costs are wasted as e
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Learning outcomes

By the end of this guide you should be able to:

• conduct your own searches efficiently and effectively;

• find references to material in bibliographic databases;

• make efficient use of full text electronic journals services;

• critically evaluate information from a variety of sources;

• understand the importance of organising your own information;

• identify some of the systems available;

• describe ho
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