Is finding answers and paraphrasing cheating?
Nobody can answer this question except your instructor.  Academic integrity policies vary wildly from one course to the next.  Some instructors explicitly allow consulting outside sources; others explicitly forbid it, even with proper citation.  Which policies are appropriate, and in which contexts, depends on the class.

If you find yourself unwilling to ask your instructor, for example because you think even asking the question might get into trouble or subject your work to additional unwanted scrutiny, that's an excellent sign that you believe it's cheating.  But if you think it's cheating, you're not going to do it.  (Right?)  So you have nothing to fear by asking the instructor.