You are writing a research paper on climate change. You come across an article that explains key points exactly as you want to present them. You decide to copy and paste the text without citing the source.
Is this plagiarism?

Question

You are writing a research paper on climate change. You come across an article that explains key points exactly as you want to present them. You decide to copy and paste the text without citing the source. 
 Is this plagiarism?

Accepted Answer

Yes, because you didn’t give credit to the original source and did not use quotation marks for directly copied text

Answer

No, it’s public information.

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