Please direct me to the sections where I can get good recommendations on the types of wallets to use, as well as basic information about the wallet and how the Bitcoin wallet works.
It's not on the forum but bitcoin.org has exactly what you're looking for - filters for specific usage and concise description of what to expect on your chosen wallet, see:
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet. For tutorials and stuff, the wallet's website typically have some.