It's the best though. The information is usually accurate, and since schools usually don't see it as an acceptable source, you can just look through the references wikipedia has on each page
Not you using Wikipedia for an educational project
Shouldn't you be using journals, literature etc. with actual references?
Well yeah, I've got to use peer-reviewed journal articles. But for the books I had to read for the essay, I didn't read and can just look them up on Wikipedia, (or Sparknotes).