biblatex author (year) citations

Question

What is the biblatex equivalent of \citeasnoun{} from the harvard bibliography style? For example, we cite like Marx (1867). (The open-paren does not go before Marx.)

Answer 1

You can use \textcite. And you need an author-year style:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[style=authoryear]{biblatex}

\addbibresource{biblatex-examples.bib}
\begin{document}
\textcite{shore}, \cite{shore}, \parencite{shore}

\end{document}