Paper Sources

How do I choose which sources I use in my papers for English 101? Well for me it depends on the paper and the kind of details it requires. For most classes I have to find scholarly articles and other sources of that nature. But if the paper does not specify what kind of source I tend to use the internet to find them. The sources consist of government websites, organizations, articles, etc. However, Wikipedia is forbidden to use by most teachers and professors. But for English 101 I use books, the internet and scholarly articles. So I guess I could say that I use a mixture of all kinds of sources. Once I have found a source I make sure that it has accurate information before I use it. I will also sometimes check the information with one source to another source to make sure they have the same information. I choose the sources in terms of how accurate the information is and how it ties in with my paper. If it has nothing to do with my prompt for the paper then I don’t use it. Where I use the sources is kind of different. I tend to use them after I have used the authors own words and I cite the source to give the author credit for his or her work. I do this to make sure I don’t get into trouble by accidentally plagiarizing. How might I improve my method for finding and using sources? I guess I could ask others for help on where I could insert sources. Or maybe even help me find better searching methods in finding my sources for the paper. Teachers would be a great starting point for finding help with it. So that is basically how I find my sources and how I use them in my papers.