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Rules for Choosing a Topic

So What?

Start with a research idea.
Ask "so what?"
If you can answer, then keep asking "so what?"
When you can no longer respond to "so what?" you most likely have a good research questions.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)
Citations to journal articles, books, reviews, and chapters in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology.
GEOBASE
Database for physical and human geography, earth and environmental sciences, ecology, and related disciplines, focusing on the human and social impacts on both.
Social Sciences Citation Index
Canadian Newsstream
Full text access to English language Canadian Newspapers.

Statistics Canada
Search for census metropolitan areas.
Use the top menu to explore Data (tables), Analysis (publications), and Geography (GIS).
Data, Research & Maps
Includes detailed data, maps, and information about the city of Toronto and its neighbourhoods and communities.
United Nations Statistics Division, Demographic and Social Statistics

Canadian Institute for Research on Public Policy
Canadian Urban Institute
The Canadian Urban Institute is a non-profit applied research organization dedicated to healthy urban development. Their website has guides, research papers, and other publications.

Metropolis
International association of large cities including Toronto. They also have data.
United Nations Habitat
Use the Topics tab for policy documents. Use the Knowledge tab for data.

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