ASA style is a widely accepted format for writing university research papers in the field of sociology.
As with APA style, the general format for citing references is parenthetical referencing.
Also unlike MLA style, parenthetical references include the year of publication.
The "author-date" in text citation system is a readily recognizable feature of ASA style.
[1] ASA style is supported by most major reference management software programs, including Endnote, Procite, Zotero, Refworks, and so forth, making the formatting of references a fairly straightforward task.