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• Building Green. "Green Product Sub-category: Sheathing (including Plywood and OSB)." (Accessed 12/17/08) http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/productsByCsiSection.cfm?SubBuilderCategoryID=1159
• OSB Guide. "About OSB." (Accessed 12/17/08) http://www.osbguide.com/osb.html
• University of Massachusetts. "Choosing Between Oriented Strandboard and Plywood." (Accessed 12/17/08) http://www.umass.edu/bmatwt/publications/articles/osb_vs_plywood.html