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.
Open PRAIRIE strives to confirm that all open access items are clear of any copyright restrictions. Works in Open PRAIRIE are made available exclusively for educational purposes such as research or instruction. Literary rights, including copyright for published works held by the creator(s) or their heirs, or other third parties may apply. All rights are reserved unless otherwise indicated by the copyright owner(s).
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ETDS from 1963
A Comparison of Attitudes of Male Students Toward Required Physical Education at South Dakota State College :1963 and 1959, Robert L. Thurness
Growth Rates of Yellow Perch, Perca Flavescens (Mitchell), in two North Dakota Lakes After Population Reduction with Toxaphene, Donald C. Warnick
A Survey of the Extent of Adult Homemaking Education in Vocationally Approved High Schools in South Dakota with Implications for Possible Expansion, Marlene Olson Westby
Dynafac, Fat and Diethylstilbestrol for Fattening Cattle, Frank W. Whetzal
Dormancy in Green Needlegrass Seed :Its Nature, Mode of Action, and Methods of Reproduction, Loren E. Wiesner
A Comparison of the Libraries of Selected Small and Large Schools in South Dakota, La Verne Williams
Poinsett Silty Clay Loam: Its Genetic Factors, Norman Eugene Zischke
ETDS from 1962
Social Distance Correlates: Religiosity, Education, and Personality, Jeanne C. Bigger
A Study of the Methods of Labor Procurement in South Dakota, Bert H. Buckbee
A School District Reorganization Plan for Brookings County, South Dakota, Lawrence A. Carlson
A Characterization of the Inorganic and Available Phosphorus Content of Four South Dakota Soils, Robert O. Carlson
The Analysis of Rigid Frames by Electronic Computer, Ying-Fay Chan
A Comparison of the Success of Teaching Machines and the Programed Text to that of the Traditional Teaching Based on a Survey of Literature and Research Reports, Robert E. Christianson
Survey of the Socio-economic Background of High school Girls in Vocational Home-making Classes in Selected Areas of South Dakota, Beverly Bade Dobrenski
Education in the Republic of Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Duyen
A Study of Disturbed and Maladjusted Indian Children, Winifred T. Echelberger
A Histological Study of the Effects of Relaxin on the Bovine Cervix, Carroll J. Eggee
Genetic and Cytogenetic Aspects of Colchicine-induced Male Sterility in Sorghum, Alvin Wayne Erichsen
Bulk Milk Hauling Costs in the Sioux Valley Milkshed, Edward R. Foss
The Effect of Wearing or Not Wearing Glasses Upon the Balance of Bespectacled Athletes, Ronald Dean Gadberry
A Program of Required Physical Education for Lake Preston High School, Delbert Herbrt Gerlach
A Survey of the Helminth Parasites of Pheasants from Brown County, South Dakota, Donald E. Gilbertson
Protein Requirements of Fattening Cattle and the Effects of Various Feed Additives, Richard Douglas Goodrich
The Isolation of Some Obligate Anaerobic Bacteria from the Small Intestine of the Chicken, Their Physiology and Sensitivity to Selected Antibiotics, Ronald Claire Gordon