Article Response: Plagarism

I can't help but to agree with many students that the old way of citing is too much work. I feel that if it is a book that is being cited people should have to write the title of the book and the author. If  it is a website, we should just have to copy the website, and maybe the article title as well if it is a database that will not let you see it if you are not logged on. I just don't see the importance of giving the date you accessed the article, the year it was published, or anything else that must be written.