I began researching my topic
of banking regulations this week. The
first thing I learned was that “banking regulations” is way too broad of a
topic! Starting with searching in Google
I found four or five different ways to search for banking regulations narrowing
the search each time. First just “Banking
Regulations”, then adding the word “changes”, then trying to set a time frame of
after 2008, then trying a name I know.
The search parameters of language being English and the United States
were actual very important and I would not have thought to limit those without
the advanced search because my thought is that they were so obvious. My last searches were focused more on the
Dodd-Frank Act. This Act has brought
about many, many changes to banking and I think it will be a good focus point. Searching banking media also led me to the
ABA or American Bankers Association which seems to be full of information on
this topic. Applying the processes I
learned this week I found myself looking at dates of publications and then
searching separately the names of authors, which I did not do as much
before. I think that getting further
into the research of Dodd-Frank Act will help me focus on my topic. I am already leaning towards the Act and
community banking, there seems to be problems there that interest me.
Sunday, July 12, 2015
Sunday, July 5, 2015
Welcome...to my research!
Hello and welcome to my blog. My name is Tim Hocking and this blog will act
as a journal for my LBSU 302 class at Brandman University. I have attended Brandman on and off for the
past 3 years. My hopes are to graduate
with a degree in Marketing in the next year or so. I currently work in commercial banking. As far as career aspirations in the field of
banking I either plan on further developing my current role then moving to
either entertainment banking or simply a higher position in the commercial sector
where I can take on larger relationships.
After earning my degree I have also considered leaving the banking
industry and possibly taking over the family accounting business.
Research is a part of my
daily/weekly work. At work I must
research companies all the time whether it be for prospecting new clients and
learning about their company or looking up news or current trends in industries
that my exists clients are involved in.
That and being in the banking industry there have been many changes in
regulations and procedures since 2008 that require some research in order to
stay in compliance. The thing about my
research is that I mainly use it for conversation with clients or to stay
up-to-date with what must be done according to regulations but I rarely have to
write about it. My hopes are to get
better at citing information and get better at writing my research down in a
way that when reading it can be followed as opposed to my current way of
writing some notes on Post-Its in order to remind myself to mention a topic or
do a certain task. The ACRL (Association
of College & research Libraries’) defines information fluency as “the
ability to recognize when information is needed and to have the ability to
locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information”. I would like to think that I am pretty good
at locating and evaluating information and the last part of using if
effectively is a matter of opinion I suppose.
Most, if not all of the research I do now would fall under what looks to
fall under what the ACRL mentions as “research as inquiry”.
I hope that through this class and
through this blog I improve all aspects of research to gain more knowledge.
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