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 1989
Education for the Handicapped and the Social Construction of Reality in Two Rural School Districts, Rachel Froiland Quenemoen
A Portrait of a Blue Collar, Female, Rural Manufacturing Labor Force Facing Unemployment, Jennifer Lynn Reinbrecht
The Application of a Predictive Fall Risk Index Among the Elderly, Joan T. Reisdorfer
Nurses' Knowledge of and Misconceptions Regarding Selected Pain Management Concepts, Carla Ries
Physical Properties, Serviceability and Ultimate Strength of Fibrous Lightweight Concrete Beams, Aqil F. Sawalma
Use of a Water Jacketed Incubator as an Accelerated Aging Chamber for Determining Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill) Seed Vigor, James Walter Schneider
Floral and Faunal Colonization of Restored Wetlands in West-Central Minnesota and Northeastern South Dakota, Russell W. Sewell
Vibrational Analysis of Cracked Rotors, Shang-Hyon Shin
How Readers Perceive and Use a Company-Sponsored Magazine : A Readership Research Model, Stephen H. Simons
Optimal Dietary Crude Protein Levels for Steer Calves Limit-Fed High-Concentrate Backgrounding Diets, Mark L. Sip
Chemical Treatment of Monodominant Cattail Stands In Semipermanent Wetlands: Duck, Invertebrate, and Vegetation Response, Kent Loren Solberg
Effects of Melanocyte Stimulating Hormone (MSH) on the Transformation of Phaeo- to Eumelanogenesis in the Lethal Yellow Mouse (C57BL/6J;Ay/a), Alexander W. Van Amerongen
The Aesthetics of Springboard Diving : A Realistic Rendering in Ceramics and Wood, Peter W. Vanderpan
Wall Lake, South Dakota : A Case Study in Geographic Planning, Jane E. Van Hunnik
Earthen Storage Facilities for Management of Peak Electric and Water Demands, Glen L. Vortherms
Competencies Required to Function in the Role of Nursing Staff Development Coordinator, Leilani J. White
Development of an Integrated Phosphorus Recommendation System I : The Development of a Mathematical Nutrient Uptake Model, Hector Ybanez
ETDS from 1988
The Effect of Mineral Filler, Asphalt Content, and Curing Time on the Properties of Cold Mixes When Used for Low-volume Roads, Naser A. Abdalla
Aroyl Phosphates : Evidence for the High Reactivity of Acyl Phosphates, Abihakim O. Ahmed
No Time for Tears : A Look at Death in the Salinas Valley Novels of John Steinbeck, Bill Anderson
The Effect of Grass Carp Introduction on Aquatic Vegetation and Existing Fish Populations in Two Small Prairie Lakes, David L. Bauer
Effects of Dietary Crude Protein and Fiber on the Digestibility of Diets for the Young Weaned Pig, Barton S. Borg
Forced Vibrations of Hollow Cylindrical Structures, Douglas Jose Nunez Briceno
Learning Needs of Ostomy Patients: A Comparison of Nurse and Patient Perceptions, Linda K. Burdette