This community houses work produced by South Dakota State University graduate students. The collection includes both born digital ETDs, and digitized versions of printed theses and dissertations from 1883 to 2012.
Due to copyright restrictions, the collection contains both open access and university access theses and dissertations. University access items are only available to SDSU users, and on-campus visitors. Non-SDSU users wishing to access restricted materials may request items through their institution’s interlibrary loan services.
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ETDS from 1984
An Evaluation of the Sensitivity of the Landsat Multispectral Scanner to Variations of Species, Crown Closure, Age, and Thinning within a Forest Plantation, Stephen M. Howard
Forage Production and Utilization Systems for Cow-calf Beef Production, Muftah M. Imsalem
Energy Conservation Potential at the Brookings Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Barry Delano Johnson
An Economic Valuation of South Dakota Wetlands As A Recreation Resource for Resident Hunters, Craig W. Johnson
Effects of Anabolic Implants and Breed Group on Carcass Traits and Palatability Characteristics of Bullock Beef, Roger C. Johnson
The Frequency of Nurse Reported Stress and its Relationship to the Physical Attributes of Various Nursing Units, Richard Michael Jones
Egypt's Image in the American Media : A Content Analysis of the New York times' Coverage of Egypt, Mahmoud Abd Elraouf Kamel
Inheritance of Plant Height and Other Agronomic Traits in Nine Crosses of Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), Saif Ur Rehman Khan
Polyperiod Linear Programming Analysis of a Brookings County Irrigated Farm, Paul Kiendl
Manganese Greensand Contact Bed Filtration of a Municipal Groundwater Supply for Iron and Manganese Removal, Terry Kirschenman
Construction and Characterization of Lac Containing Plasmids and the Transformation of Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiar with these Plasmids, Bradley J. Kleinsasser
Improved Procedure to Compute Fall Velocity for Naturally Worn Sediment particles, Michael Richard Knofczynski
A Study of the Influence of the Chinese Rhetorical Tradition on Current Speeches by Chinese speakers in the Republic of China, Jian Koh-cheng
An Economic Analysis of the South Dakota Personal Property Tax Replacement Formula, Ann Louise Kuyper
A Market Research Study for a South Dakota Weekly Newspaper The Mobridge Tribune, Jan Laughlin
Ability of Klebsiella Pneumoniae to Fix Nitrogen Utilizing Selected Energy Sources, Theresa Helen Lemme
A Study of the Effects of Gender and Judging Experience in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Charles Alan Lubbers
Sun Yat-sen's Inductive Support and Deductive Reasoning in Selected "Three Principles of the People" Speeches, Chen-lung Ringo Ma
Brood-rearing Period Cover Use By Wild Turkey Hens in Southcentral South Dakota, Kevin Francis McCabe
Angler Harvest Survey of Lake Francis Case, South Dakota, Lawrence M. Miller
A Critical Analysis of Helen Keller's Socialist Speaking, Nancy J. Nelson
Inheritance of Resistance in Corn to Leaf Freckles and Wilt incited by Corynebacterium nebraskense, Edward N. Ngong-Nassah
Use of Eastern South Dakota Shelterbelts By Nesting Birds of Prey, Scott E. Norelius
The Effects of Sex and Delayed Chill on the Biophysical and Organoleptic Properties of Intact and Restructured Beef Steaks, Bruce Colin Paterson