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Citing Online MESDA Journal Articles The following format is an example of how to cite online journal articles:
Sumpter Priddy, “Musings on a Scottish-Irish Desk Form in Colonial Virginia: The Scrutoire,” Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts vol. 33 (2012). Online: https://www.mesdajournal.org/2012/musings-sottish-irish-desk-form-colonial-virginia-scrutoire/ (accessed 28 April 2012).
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