To Use Or Not to Use?

My professor says I can't use Web sources for my paper.

Ask your professor to clarify this, because there are basically "two Webs." There is the public Web that search engines find, and there's the research database Web sources the library buys that only the WCC community can use.

An article you find using an research database such as Wilson Select Plus also exists in a print journal. It's just delivered via the Web by the library to facilitate research.

Go with the strengths of the public Web
• to obtain information on colleges, museums, non-profit organizations, or companies
• to find very current information such as news, sports scores, weather, stock quotes
• to research a well-known event or an individual
• to locate online job postings, shopping, auctions, or travel services
• to find opinions on a topic
• to find government information

Stop and think! There are better places to look than the public Web
• to find articles published in scholarly journals
• to find articles published in popular magazines
• to search databases that index articles in many academic disciplines
• to find books on your topic
• to locate the full text of articles or books that are copyrighted