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 1965
A Study of the Food Practices, Economic Position, and Conception of Health on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Kenneth H. Skogen
The Nature of the Suspension Effect, With Special Reference to Clay Suspensions, Gary E. Spalding
The Effects of a Cold Sitz Bath on Various Measures of Circulorespiratory Recovery from Vigorous Exercise, William Charles Talich
Structural Relationships for National and Regional Production of Beef Calves, John E. Trierweiler
The Effects of Selected Football Drills on Agility, Douglas Lee Tschetter
Effects of Wind on Falling Drops, Charles Russell Umback
The Effect of Change in Moisture Content on the Load Carrying Capacity of Three Member Nailed Wood Joints, William Theodore Welchert
Phosphorous Uptake by Oat Seedlings from Phosphorus Fertilizer Applied to a Subsoil as Affected by Soil Moisture, Dean E. Wesley
Utilization of the Air Permeameter to Determine the Intrinsic Permeability of in Situ Soil, Robert A. Wiles
Genetic Components and Phenotypic Relationships of Blood Constituents and Production and Carcass Traits in Beef Cattle, Lowell Lewis Wilson
Effect of Amino Acids on the Nature of the Nitrogenase System in Aerobacker Aerogens, Duane C. Yoch
ETDS from 1964
Soil Particle Size by Time-weight Accumulation of Sedimentation, Yasin E. Ahmad
Characterization of Staphylococcus Species Isolated From Raw Milk with Special Reference to the Enterotoxigenic Coagulase-Positive Types, Adnan M. Ammouri
Evaporation reduction investigation Pactola Reservoir, South Dakota 1962-1963 /by Jon Francis Bartholic., John Francis Bartholic
Anatomy and Bud Formation of Subterranean Parts of Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia Esula L.), Charles A. Beasley
Underemployment and Labor Force Reserves on Southeastern South Dakota Farms, Donald J. Biggar
International Trade in Cattle and Beef Products with Emphasis on the Effects of the European Economic Community on the South Dakota Economy, Harold F. Bjarnason
Football Training Film for Offensive Line Blocking, Leland Mark Bondhus
The Effect of Environment on Heritability of Yield in Spring Wheat, Joseph J. Bonnemann
Studies on the Limiting Amino Acids in Laying Hen Diets, Darwin Gene Britzman
Cytohistological Studies on the Origin of Diploid Stem Apices in Colchicine-treated Tetraploid Sorghum Seedlings, Chen Ho Chen
Problems in the Freeze-drying of Foods, Minakshi Desai
A Plan of Trade and Job Analysis for Organizing Printing Instruction in School or Plant Situations, Ngo Dinh Duyen
The Development of a Football Training Film and Manual of the Five-four Defense at South Dakota State University, Roger Roman Eischens
Pork Carcass Quantity and Quality Components as Influenced by Live Weight, Robert Charles Fletcher