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 1963
Preliminary Study of the Morphology, Genesis and Classification of Some Soils Developed from Pierre Shale, Earl Anthony Monnens
An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Role of United States' Private Investment in Thailand's Economic Growth, by Patrick Moriarty
Adjustments of the Church and the Community to Population Change in a Rural South Dakota County, Charles Emmet Nielsen
Group Theoretical Investigation of Octahedral and Cuboctahedral Bonding, David Peckham Olsen
A Study of Teacher Effectiveness as Evidenced by Supervisor Ratings and Placement of Teachers and its Relationship to College Academic Success, Miles Curtis Olson
Farming Opportunities, Career Choices, and Educational Aspirations of Farm Boys in South Dakota, Kenneth J. Ostroot
Comparative Studies on the Effect of Nitrogen Supplements on Nitrogen Fixation by Aerobacter Aerogene, Ramachandra B. Patil
Solar-supplemental Heat Drying of Shelled Corn in Storage, William Henry Peterson
A Comparison of the Effects of an Isometric Program, a Weight Training Program and an Isometric-weight Training Program on Strength Development, Michael D. Plinske
A Proposed Rural Development Program and its Implications for Puktia, Afghanistan, Mohammed Afzal Puktianie
An Analysis of Current Printing Programs at Southern Negro Universities and Colleges Granting the Bachelor of Science Degree, by Ford Ratcliff
A Follow-up Study of the Graduating Classes of 1959, 1960, 1961, and 1962 from Belview High School, Belview, Minnesota, Delton J. Roelofs
A Comparison of Some Limnological Changes Caused By The Brookings Sewage Treatment Plant On Six-mile Creek and the Big Sioux River, Richard Ruelle
A Study of Attitudes Toward the Present School System and School Reorganization in a Rural South Dakota County, James L. Satterlee
Comparison of Theoretical, Laboratory and Field Discharge Ratings for a Closed Conduit Spillway, Fred A. Schmer
Economics of Scale in Dairying: An Exploration of Comparative models of Stanchion and Loose Housing Systems, Wayne J. Schulte
The Effect of Isometric Contraction and Calisthenic Exercises on Strength Development of Male College Freshmen, Dennis L. Shefcyk
Somatic Chromosome Reduction in Sorghum After Colchicine Treatment, Gerald Milo Simantel
Trisaccharides of the Onion (Allium cepa), Betsy Anne Slagle
A Study of Flexibility in Wrestlers as Compared with Other Sport Groups, John M. Sterner
Analysis of Productivity of Sheep Having Tails of Different Lengths, Ivan Ralph Sundal
Major Differences in the Background Evaluation of Top-ranking and Bottom-ranking Students of English at South Dakota State College, Robert Edward Tembeck