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Complete works cited entry (print source)

"Policing Ohio's Online Courses." Plain Dealer [Cleveland], 9 Oct. 2012, p. A5. Editorial.

Complete works cited entry (Web source)

"Chapter 2: What Can Be Patented?" Lemelson-MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lemelson.mit.edu/resources/chapter-2-what-can-be-patented. Accessed 4 Apr. 2016.

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