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.
Open PRAIRIE strives to confirm that all open access items are clear of any copyright restrictions. Works in Open PRAIRIE are made available exclusively for educational purposes such as research or instruction. Literary rights, including copyright for published works held by the creator(s) or their heirs, or other third parties may apply. All rights are reserved unless otherwise indicated by the copyright owner(s).
Please contact the Electronic Resources and Scholarly Communications Librarian, Michael Biondo, with any issues, or questions concerning copyright infringement in this collection.
Finally, the development of this collection is ongoing. If you are a former South Dakota State University graduate student and wish to include your work in Open PRAIRIE, please contact us.
ETDS from 1982
Effect of Ammonia on Post-diapause Western Corn Rootworm Eggs and Larvae, Karen Cameron
The Development and Role of China's Revolutionary Press, 1899-1911, Yu-sheng Chen
Use of Ion-pairing for High Performance Liquid Chromatography of Alkaloids and Quaternary Ammonium Compounds, Hsiao-Kuang Chiu
A Socio-demographic Description of South Dakota State University Undergraduate Physical Education Majors, Michael M. Christensen
Growth, Food Habits, and the Relative Effectiveness of Stocking Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) in South-Central South Dakota, Kenneth C. Clodfelter
An Evaluation of Technical Analysis as a Marketing Tool for Farmers, Thomas J. DeCock
Culture of Channel Catfish in East-Central South Dakota Dugout Ponds, Martin Nicholas DiLauro
Great Blue Heron Nesting Biology and Habitat Use On the James River in South Dakota, Eileen M. Dowd
Dye Marking of Antibiotics Used in Treatment of Mastitis in Dry and Lactating Cows, Richard A. Ellefson
Cutworm moths (Noctuidae : Noctuinae) of South Dakota, Gerald M. Fauske
Response of Five Corn Inbred Lines to Line Source Irrigation, Terry J. Foley
South Dakota Burn Injuries : Description and Analysis, Sheila Kay Frederick
The Forgotten Realist, John Garvey
Emily Dickinson's Poetry : Abnormality Defined, Izzat Mohammed Ghazzawi
Farm-scale Production of Fuel Ethanol and Distillers' Wet Grains from Corn and Corn-whey Mixtures, William Ray Gibbons
Uses of Figures of Speech in Selected Speeches of Jerry Falwell, Mary M. Gill
Newspaper Ownership and the Weekly Editorial in Illinois, Mark Lee Goodman
The Effects of Excess Arginine on Lysine Utilization in Rats and Swine, David L. Hagemeier
Identification of Various Incest-associated Indicators within Families, Mary Kay Helling
The Changing Impact of Natural Disasters in Brookings County, South Dakota, Linda K. Hillestad
Canonical Analysis : The Use of Transformed Landsat Data for Crop Type Discrimination, Thomas Mark Holm
Adjusting Potential to Actual Evapotranspiration Rates Applicable over Large Spatial Regions, Leah Jane Horton
The Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on Grain Protein Content and Yield of Spring Wheat in South Dakota, Syed Dara Tazul Islam
Theories of Image-making in Hogarth, Reynolds and Blake, Anne C. Johnson
The Effects of Dynamic Range of Motion Exercises and Static Stretching on Strength and Range of Motion of the Hip Joint, Carol A. Kanetzke