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 1977
Infiltration-Percolation Capacities and Groundwater Table Influence of a High-Rate Land Wastewater Disposal System, Alan L. Larson
Factors Affecting Waterfowl Brood Use of Stock Ponds in South Dakota, Gene D. Mack
An Analysis of Urban Sprawl and its Impact on Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Adjacent Areas, Robert G. McKay
Winter Operating Constraints of a High-Rate Infiltration-Percolation Treatment System for Wastewater, Eugene A. Miller
The Effects of Mental Warm-up on Jump Shooting Accuracy Among Selected Boys' High School Basketball Players, Thomas J. Murphy
The Relationship Between Achievement Motivation and Performance Among Intercollegiate Gymnasts, Lisa Patricia Nesvig
Estimating the Elasticity of Demand for Rail Transportation of South Dakota Wheat, Karen Ann Olson
Preparation and Analysis of Coal for Metals, Jim Parker
Estimate of Production By a Population of Fathead Minnows, Pimpephales promelas, In a South Dakota Prairie Wetland, Ronald D. Payer
The Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center's Origin, Development, and Functions, Susan Marie Peterson
Value of Farm Groves to Nesting Songbirds in Sioux County, Iowa, Dennis L. Pluimer
The Distribution of Small Mammals on Samuel H. Ordway Memorial Prairie, Richard D. Puetz
Cover Use and Activity Time Budget of Blue-Winged Teal, Mallard, and Pintail Broods, James K. Ringelman
Variables Associated With Breeding Waterfowl On South Dakota Stock Ponds, Jay A. Roberson
Preparation and Spectral Properties of Monoimines of Tetramethyl-1,3-Cyclobutanedione, Melvin D. Rozeboom
Design and Testing of a Solar Energy-Intensifier for Drying Shelled Corn, Steven E. Saienga
Taking Hold : A Study of Land Acquisition, Land Ownership, and Community Development in Northeast Brookings County (1870-1916), Debra Robson Salonen
A Comparison of Cottage Cheese Yields Using Culture and Direct Acidification, David Edward Satterness
Soil Salinity and Water Movement Through Soils as a Consequence of Manure Applications, Ronald R. Schnabel
Ecological Changes on Pine-Grassland Burned in Spring, Late Spring, and Winter, Janet Ruth Schripsema
A Study of the Relationship Between the Ideological Tendencies of United States Supreme Court Cases Affecting the Press, 1946-1974, Thomas A. Schwartz
Solvent Extraction of Chromium by Salicylic, Thiosalicylic, and Phthalic Acids, Dennis G. Sebastian
The Relationship Between Maternal Satisfaction with Family Day Care and Mother and Caregiver Child Rearing Attitudes, Patricia Ellis Straub
Population, Home Range, and Dispersal of Red Foxes in East-Central South Dakota, James D. Sweeting
An Electrically Operated Remote Control for Hydraulic Valve Spools, Orrin James Torkelson