What is the best way to research information, where to find information, and how to apply to your paper without committing plagiarism?

Question is, the best way to research information, from where to find the information and application of the same without committing plagiarism.

The best way to search the information involves the following steps:

• Focusing and picking up the topic on which research to be done. A hypothesis or argument to be written on the topic.
• Designing the strategy of doing research and choosing the reliable and relevant data from reliable sources, that may be encyclopedia, investopedia etc for getting an overview of the topic. Collection of data and charts, like pie charts and bar diagrams may be used for understanding the topic.
• Finding the useful books, it may be any magazine, newspaper, and journals or other periodical instruments may be used. Today's digitized economy should be given special emphasize to collect information for the research paper.