BibLaTeX in text reference Author (Year: Page)

Question

I need an in-text reference in LaTeX to display the result as Author (Year: Page)

Desired result:

According to Scott & McFeaters (2011: 116), battlefield archaeology has evolved into a reliable field of study.

My main page includes the following package reference

\RequirePackage[
    backend=biber,
    style=authoryear,
    isbn=false,
    doi=false,
    url=false,
    giveninits=true
  ]{biblatex}
\DeclareDelimFormat{finalnamedelim}{\addspace&amp;\space}

My code is:

According to \autocite[116]{scott_and_mcfeaters_2011}, battlefield archaeology has evolved into a reliable field of study

The article in my bib file is:

@article{scott_and_mcfeaters_2011,
    title = {The Archaeology of Historic Battlefields: A History and Theoretical Development in Conflict Archaeology},
    volume = {19},
    doi = {10.1007/s10814-010-9044-8},
    pages = {103--132},
    number = {1},
    journaltitle = {Journal of Archaeological Research},
    author = {Scott, Douglas and McFeaters, Andrew},
    date = {2011},
}

However I am getting the result:

According to (Scott & McFeaters 2011: 116), battlefield archaeology has evolved into a reliable field of study

The above reference will be correct for the end-of-paragraph reference but I need the in-text reference to be Scott & McFeaters (2011: 116)

You can have both citation types, see my renewed answer. – CarLaTeX Apr 23 '23 at 20:10 — CarLaTeX, Apr 23 '23 at 20:10

CarLaTeX · Accepted Answer · 2023-04-23T20:09:21.017

You get the format you like with \textcite.
Hence, you only need to set the \autocite to \textcite for inline citation with:

\DeclareAutoCiteCommand{inline}{\textcite}{\textcite}

You can have both citation types. You can get (Author, Year) with \parencite.

Here is a complete MWE:

\begin{filecontents*}[overwrite]{references.bib}
@article{scott_and_mcfeaters_2011,
    title = {The Archaeology of Historic Battlefields: A History and Theoretical Development in Conflict Archaeology},
    volume = {19},
    doi = {10.1007/s10814-010-9044-8},
    pages = {103--132},
    number = {1},
    journaltitle = {Journal of Archaeological Research},
    author = {Scott, Douglas and McFeaters, Andrew},
    date = {2011},
}
\end{filecontents*}
\documentclass{article}
\RequirePackage[
    backend=biber,
    style=authoryear,
    isbn=false,
    doi=false,
    url=false,
    giveninits=true
  ]{biblatex}
\DeclareDelimFormat{finalnamedelim}{\addspace&amp;\space}
\DeclareAutoCiteCommand{inline}{\textcite}{\textcite}
% from https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/66395/101651:
\renewcommand*{\postnotedelim}{\addcolon\addspace}
\DeclareFieldFormat{postnote}{#1}
\DeclareFieldFormat{multipostnote}{#1}
\addbibresource{references.bib}
\begin{document}
With text cite: \textcite[116]{scott_and_mcfeaters_2011}
With auto cite:
According to \autocite[116]{scott_and_mcfeaters_2011}, battlefield archaeology has evolved into a reliable field of study
You can have both citation type \parencite[116]{scott_and_mcfeaters_2011}.
\printbibliography
\end{document}

BibLaTeX in text reference Author (Year: Page)

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