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Before you get your hopes us, I haven’t suddenly become a Wikipedia convert. I just want to draw everyone’s attention to valid ways to use Wikipedia when doing research for a paper or project.

Wikipedia should never be used as a primary source, but it can be used to find a jumping-off point when you can’t find any other way to get started researching your topic.

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