Beginning my Research - Sorting through the CRAAP

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.