According the APA 7th.edition manual, p. 255, you should cite when you do the following:
- paraphrase ideas or content (put ideas or content into your own words, for example if you were summarizing the content of an article.)
- directly quote the words of others (for example, when you want to quote the exact wording from an article you are reviewing)
- refer to data or data sets
- reprint or adapt a table or figure
- reprint a long text passage
APA has specific instructions and suggestions for direct quotations: (p. 270-272, APA 7th ed.)
- It is usually best to paraphrase
- If you do direct quote, always provide the author, year, and page number in the in-text citation. See our APA 7th Guide for details.
- Short quotations of fewer than 40 words are placed in the text and enclosed in double quotation marks. Include full in-text citation in the same sentence if using a narrative in-text citation; at the end of the sentence if parenthetical.
- Block quotations of 40 words or more are started on a new line and indented .5 inch from the left margin. They are not enclosed in quotation marks. Include a narrative in-text citation before the block quote or a parenthetical in-text citation after the quotation's final punctuation.
