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 1980
Food Habits and Growth of Rainbow Trout in a Prairie Pond, Ronald Marvin Koth
Host responses of Calves to a Group 5 Bovine Herpesvirus, Linda A. Krogman
Feeding Ecology of Fishes in a South Dakota Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Robert J. Krska, Jr.
Nesting and Brood Rearing Ecology of the Vancouver Canada Goose on Admiralty Island Southeast of Alaska, Charles S. Lebeda
The Use of Remote Sensing Techniques to Predict Beef Carcass Cutability, William R. Lloyd
Vegetational Analysis of the S. H. Ordway Jr. Memorial Prairie, Charles L. Lura
An Institutional Analysis of the Water Allocation Process in South Dakota as it Relates to the Designation of Wild, Scenic and Recreational Rivers, Peter Donald Manley
Flowering and Podding Response of Soybeans (Glycine max) to Irrigation, John Douglas McLeod
The Impact of the Repeal of South Dakota Marketing Act on the Producer, Processor, Retailer, and Consumer, Clarence Mends
Land use Plan Canby, Minnesota, John William Meyer
Heat-Treated Soybean Proteins for Lactating Dairy Cattle, Clayton D. Mielke
A Historical Study of Radio Station KBRK AM-KGKG FM, Brookings, South Dakota:1955-1980, Michael Allan Moore
A Plant Growth Study of 18 Flax (Linum usitatissimum, L.) genotypes /by Mick Sikaenyi Mwala., Mick Sikaenyi Mwala
Factors Affecting Shallow Ground Water Levels in the Big Sioux Basin Portion of Brookings and Hamlin counties in South Dakota, Peter Ray Ofstedal
The Effects of a Set Circuit Weight Training Program on Strength and Muscular Endurance of College Age Men, Craig E. Olsen
Consumer Knowledge of High School Seniors in South Dakota, Diane V. Orth
The Effectiveness of Aeration and Potassium Permanganate Oxidation and Filtration on Removal of Iron and Manganese from Ground Water, Steven J. Quail
The Effects of Acute Ammonia Toxicity on Certain Blood Chemistries in Sheep, Gayleen Riedemann
Potential Industry Possibilities for South Dakota Indian Reservations, Yus Rusman
Feeding Value of High Protein Oat Silage Versus Corn Silage for Dairy Cows, Tilahun Sahlu
Helminths of South Dakota Coyotes, Elizabeth C. Schitoskey
An Analysis of Changes in the Divorce Rate in South Dakota from 1950-1960, 1960-1970 and 1950-1970, Jody J. Shaskey
Macroscopic Benthos Populations in A South Dakota Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Gordon B. Sloane
Winter and Spring Ecology of Gray Partridge in East Central South Dakota, Loren M. Smith
Nesting Giant Canada Geese in Western South Dakota, Doyle M. Stiefel