Focusing On: Franz Kafka'sThe Metamorphosis

You could, but
     1. You wouldn't find, or have access to, most of the relevant scholarly resources that you have available to you as a result of being a Rutgers student and
     2. You would need to take time to evaluate what you do find to determine if is something that you can use in an academic paper. Remember, you need scholarly sources!

Whether you're looking at a web site, a book, a report, or an article, evaluating a potential source pretty much comes down to CRAAP: Currency, Relevance, Accuracy, Authority, and Purpose.

Currency: Is the information up to date? If not, does that matter in this context?

Relevance: Is this something that would be useful for your research (don't just depend on the title/headline). Is the audience level that it was written for appropriate for your use?

Accuracy: What is the source(s) for the information being provided? Is there credible evidence to support the conclusions? If this is a published article, has it gone through peer-review? If a book, is it published by an university press or other credible publisher?

Authority: What are the author's qualifications for writing on this topic?

Purpose: Is there a discernable purpose for this information to be shared? Is it meant to share knowledge? To inform? To persuade? To incite? Are there discernable biases?