In this system, guidelines for the separate elements of citations are the same as in the Note-Bibliography system. The main difference here is the lack of notes, and instead using parenthetical (in-text) citations that include the author's last name and the year of publication. Other differences include the location of the year in the references, as well as referring to the bibliography as using "References" or "Works Cited".
In-text citations include the following information:
Examples:
Thomas Jefferson said " I feel that I should give all my books in my library to the United States Congress so that they can have the best of human knowledge to consult when tending to the affairs of government." (Jefferson 1954, 565)
Like many other cultural fields, the video game industry is one that rewards novelty, especially when it is packaged in terms that are recognizable to consumers and critics (Lampel et al. 2000; Hutter 2011). . . .
In the Author-Date system, the bibliography is known as the "References" or "Works Cited" page. Here, the year will follow the author's name instead of being at the end of the citation.
Bissell, Tom. 2011. Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter. Vintage Books.
Hutter, Michael. 2011. “Infinite Surprises: On the Stabilization of Value in the Creative Industries.” In The Worth of Goods: Valuation and Pricing in the Economy, edited by Jens Beckert and Patrick Aspers. Oxford University Press.
Lampel, Joseph, Theresa Lant, and Jamal Shamsie. 2000. “Balancing Act: Learning from Organizing Practices in Cultural Industries.” Organization Science 11 (3): 263–69.
From Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed., Ch. 13.102: The author-date system—overview
Citations for journals include the volume and issue numbers and the date of publication. The volume number follows the italicized journal title with no intervening punctuation. The issue number follows in parentheses unless a month or season of publication is included. The specific page reference is included in the text; the page range for the entire article is included in the reference list, preceded by a colon. The DOI or URL, preferably the URL, should be included for online articles.
Kwon, Hyeyoung. 2022. “Inclusion Work: Children of Immigrants Claiming Membership in Everyday Life.” American Journal of Sociology 127 (6): 1818–59. https://doi.org/10.1086/720277.
(Kwon 2022, 1824)
From Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed., Ch. 13.110: Author-date—journal article
If the journal is published in numbered issues with no volume number, a comma precedes the issue number. If there is a month or season, it is included in parentheses.
Beattie, J. M. 1974. “The Pattern of Crime in England, 1660–1800.” Past and Present, no. 62 (February): 47–95. https://www.jstor.org/stable/650463.
Li, Jie. 2020. “The Hot Noise of Open-Air Cinema.” Grey Room, no. 81 (Fall): 6–35. https://doi.org/10.1162/grey_a_00307.
If no month or season is available, the issue number is followed by a comma rather than a colon.
. . . Past and Present, no. 62, 47–95. . . .
If there is a volume number but not an issue number, a month or season is listed in parentheses.
Zhao, Tan. 2023. “Professionalizing China’s Rural Cadres.” China Journal 89 (January): 45–69. https://doi.org/10.1086/722215.
If no month or season is available, the page number follows the colon with no intervening space.
. . . China Journal 89:45–69. . . .
From Chicago Manual of Style, 18th ed., Ch. 14.70: Journal volume, issue, and date