<p>There's an article online about the professor I'd like to work with, and there's one specific line in it that I'd like to quote in my "name a Penn professor" paragraph. However, the article's actually pretty outdated and the online source doesn't indicate at all the name of the publication or anything else, really. If I included the quote anyway, would this be considered plagiarism?</p>
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<p>Plagiarism is when you attribute someone else's words as your own. As long as you make it clear it's a quote from that professor, it is NOT plagiarism.</p>
<p>"As noted in an article at , [then quote the comment] . . ."</p>
<p>No, an implied citation should be most appropriate for a college essay... it won't break your flow and you also have a limited number of characters. So for example:</p>
<p>Professor Poopypants said "..." in a paper about the effect of mustard on goldfish.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. That's pretty much what I did.</p>
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Professor Poopypants said "..." in a paper about the effect of mustard on goldfish.
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<p>Haha I have to meet that professor! xD</p>
<p>^^lmao... they said poop.</p>