authordatesystem
Authordatesystem, in scholarly writing, refers to a citation approach where sources are identified in the text by the author’s surname and the publication year, with full bibliographic details provided in a separate reference list. This system contrasts with numeric or footnote-based styles and is widely used across the social sciences and many areas of the humanities.
In the author-date approach, in-text citations typically appear as brief parenthetical references such as (Author, Year)
Variants of the author-date system include styles such as APA, Chicago author-date, and Harvard. While all share
Typical reference entries vary by resource type but generally provide sufficient information to locate the work:
Overall, the author-date system offers a concise, consistent framework for citing sources and tracking scholarly provenance,