Is it plagiarism if you cite the source?
If you’ve properly paraphrased or quoted and correctly cited the source, you are not committing plagiarism.
However, the word correctly is vital. In order to avoid plagiarism, you must adhere to the guidelines of your citation style (e.g. APA or MLA).
You can use the Scribbr Plagiarism Checker to make sure you haven’t missed any citations, while our Citation Checker ensures you’ve properly formatted your citations in APA style.