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 1979
A Geographic Investigation of Selected Historical Winter Weather Patterns in Eastern South Dakota, November 1959-April 1978, Douglas Edward O'Neill
Expectation of Genetic Alteration of Muscle Composition and Growth Traits in Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri), George W. Partelow
A Nutrition Knowledge Survey of Elementary Teachers in South Dakota, Karen E. Pearson
The Relationship of Root-pulling Resistance, Tassel Size, and Silk Delay with Yield in the F1 Hybrids of 12 Corn (Zea mays L.) Inbreds, David W. Peters
Habitat Preferences and Censusing of Waterfowl Broods On Stock Ponds In South Central South Dakota, Mark A. Rumble
Energy for Eastern South Dakota : Corn, Small Grains, Soybean and Hay Production, Terry L. Rydell
Pheasant Use of Wetlands During The Winter and Application of Landsat Imagery For Assessing Winter Habitat, Signe Sather-Blair
Feeding and Housing of Dairy Calves, Lester Vance Schaffer
Non-Game Bird habitat Associated With Haul Roads and Surface Mining for Bentonite Clay, Tim A. Schaid
The Effects of Varying Dietary Protein, Calcium and Phosphorus in Starter Diets for Early Weaned PIgs, Wayne Eldon Schiefelbein
An Econometric Analysis of the Cash Receipts from Crops in South Dakota, Dennis James Senger
An Investigation of Engineering Decision-making in a California Clean Water Grant Project, Lauren Elliot Silver
Response of Lactating Dairy Cows to Small and Large Amounts of Dried Whey in the Concentrate Mixture, Eugene Walter Skyberg
Evaluation of South Dakota Collegiate Proscenium Arch Theatres, Kenneth W. Stofferahn
Enrollment in the Basic Physical Education Instruction Program at Lock Haven State College and Post-graduate Selection of Leisure Time Activities, Terry Joe Szucs
Case Histories of Prominent Educators in Speech Communication with Origins in South Dakota, Marie Louise Tesch
Nesting Chronology of South Dakota Ducks, Stephen A. Tessmann
The Dramatic Theory of Maxwell Anderson and its Relationship to Review & Scholarly Criticism of the Tudor Trilogy, Andrew B. Trump
Nitrogent Removals by High-rate Infiltration of Wastewater, Richard J. Waples
Catfish Cage Culture in a South Dakota Power Plant Cooling Reservoir, Gary P. Wheeler
Newspaper Coverage of the Woman's Suffrage Movement in South Dakota at the Time of Statehood, Cecelia M. Wittmayer
Newspaper Coverage of the Woman's Suffrage Movement in South Dakota at the Time of Statehood, Cecelia M. Wittmayer
Effects of Prescribed Burning at Different Fuel Moisture Levels on Vegetation and Soils of Grasslands in Wind Cave National Park, Lynda Lou Worcester
ETDS from 1978
The Practicality of the Caldwell-Lawrence Diagrams for Predicting Lime-Softened Water Quality, James A. Arndt
Breeding Biology and Prey Selection of Ferruginous Hawks in Northwestern South Dakota, Charles L. Blair