If you use quotation marks, but don't give a citation, is it plagiarism?

Question:When I do research, I read many books. However, sometimes, I don't always remember my source. To avoid getting in trouble, I simply enclose it in quotation marks. However, is not citing plagiarism. Because, with the quotation marks, I am passing off someone else's work as my own.

Answers:
Yes that is still plagiarism, because it is "not giving credit where credit is due."
If you don't know the source, change the wording to make it your own, or say a vauge citation like "in a book I found" or "when I was on this website I found this quote"
Technically, yes. But I don't know the level of writing you are doing. (college, HS, etc, professional, etc) You may want to take notes when you research...just in case. I'm sure the last thing you want is to get in trouble!
You need the citation if you are using a quote (unless it is a well known quote or adage that you didn't need to look up). I am an English major and when I was pulling references and quotes, I would write the citation for the book at the top of a piece of notebook paper then write quotes below that on the paper with the page #. I would star the ones I really liked. It helped me keep organized and remember what quotes came from where.

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