get yourself an old copy of encyclopedia britannica
that shit used to be written by geniuses as a matter of fact, back in the day the articles were amazing (according to borges anyway).
well look up books on the history of printing, foo.
another option would be on important figures of the rennaissance.
or something.
M/N: see look:
http://www.hf.ntnu.no/anv/Finnbo/tek...o/Internet.htm
your teacher is right as most people rip their shit off the internet. once i had these 2 flakes show up with the same paper. unbelievable.