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 1956
Time and Tide : A Study of the Conflicting Concepts of Time of the Dakota Indian and Western Civilization, R. Clyde McCone
Marketing Cream in Plastic Bags, James L. Olson
An Evaluation of the Success of the Rural Youth Program in South Dakota, John Orr
Modification of Selenium Distribution in the Rat, Ivan S. Palmer
A Farm Building Evaluation Technique for Tax Assessment, Joshua F. Robinson
Consumption and Preference Patterns for Butter and Margarine in Two South Dakota Cities, Norman L. Rollag
The Effects of Temperature and Leaf Sugar Content on the Electrical Conductance of Strawberry Leaf Exudates, Kenneth C. Schneider
A Status Survey of Twelve Teacher Training Institutions Pertaining to Graduate Majors in Industrial Education, Duane R. Serlet
Present Practices in Grading Boys' Physical Education in Secondary Schools of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, Wayne E. Sinning
A Study on the Inter-communication System as Used in South Dakota Schools for the Instruction of Non-ambulatory Students from 1951-1956, Samuel Edwin Stein
Digestibility of Rations and Nitrogen Balance by Lambs as Influenced by Animal Fat, Urea, Soybean Meal and Linseed Meal, James King Turner
Effects of the Intensity of Grazing on Range Livestock Production, the Native Vegetation, and the Soil Complex, George Mason Van Dyne
The Effect of a Soccer Unit on the Agility and Cardiovascular Fitness of Ninth Grade Boys, Archie Edgar Ward
ETDS from 1955
The History of Track and Field in South Dakota High Schools, Donald Hayes Allan
A Study of Vocational Choices and Preferences of Freshmen Male Students at State College in Terms of Their Abilities and Scholastic Achievement in College, Robert G. Christianson
A Study of School Costs in the Wolsey Independent School District from 1944 to 1954, Mark E. Cogswell
Participation in Physical Education Activities by Atheltes and Non-Athletes after their Graduation from College, Harold John Cordts
The Financial Procedures Utilized in the Administration of Athletic Programs in the Eight Eastern South Dakota Conference High Schools, Wallace Maurice Diehl
Pan Evaporation Measuremnts as a Criterion for Predicting the Irrigation Requirements for Various Crops, Niel A. Dimick
Condition of Football Players During and After the Season as Indicated by Cardiovascular and Strength Tests, John Homer Englund
Percent of Blend of Male Sterile and Male Fertile Corn Seed for Optimum Fertilization in Hybrid Corn at two Locations in South Dakota, Gerhardt Walter Erion
A Study of the Relationship of Antibiotics on Fecal Microflora of Chicks, Robert C. Halseth