ETDs: Virginia Tech Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Virginia Tech has been a world leader in electronic theses and dissertation initiatives for more than 20 years. On January 1, 1997, Virginia Tech was the first university to require electronic submission of theses and dissertations (ETDs). Ever since then, Virginia Tech graduate students have been able to prepare, submit, review, and publish their theses and dissertations online and to append digital media such as images, data, audio, and video.

University Libraries staff are currently digitizing thousands of pre-1997 theses and dissertations and loading them into VTechWorks. Most of these theses and dissertations are fully available to the public, but we will, in general, honor requests by the item's author to restrict access to Virginia Tech only. See our process for Requesting that Material be Amended or Removed.

To search all Virginia Tech print and digital theses and dissertations, use the University Libraries ETD resource guide.

Materials that are restricted to Virginia Tech only may be requested via your own university or public library's Interlibrary Loan program or through the VTechWorks request form that appears when you try to access the item. You might also be able to obtain a copy of the work through ProQuest's database of theses and dissertations. If you are on a Virginia Tech campus but are unable to find the pre-1997 thesis or dissertation you are seeking in VTechWorks, you may also be able to order a physical copy from library storage. Please check the library catalog at http://www.lib.vt.edu/ for physical copies.

The guidelines that apply to Virginia Tech's graduate students as ETD authors can be found at http://guides.lib.vt.edu/ETDguide.

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Throughfall variation in a mixed deciduous forest

Carden, Terry B. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1973)
An inter-generational study of sex-role preferences

Creigh, Elaine Evans (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1973)
A study of the effect of extra-curricular activities upon the academic proficiency of college students pursuing such activity

Turner, Robert Griffith (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1961)
Role perceptions of senior college women and their mothers

Frost, Donna Louise (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1971)
A developmental study of the content appropriate to a course in second year biology intended for superior students

Via, Bettye Carolyn (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1962)
The child study movement as related to the current course offerings of the Virginia teacher training institutions

Umholtz, John Leighmann (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1960)
Removal of trace amounts of dieldrin from aqueous solution using electrochemically treated carbon

Azar, Samuel (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1971)
A study of the factors affecting the holding power of high schools in a certain mountainous rural area

Osborne, Barron Mack (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1960)
A study of the growth and development of a gifted child enrolled in a public elementary school in southwestern Virginia

Worley, Charles Thomas (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1958)
The relation of certain entrance examination scores, at a land grant college, to subsequent performance of college students as reflected by quality credit averages

Bradfield, Williard Eugene (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1960)
A study of the effect of consolidation upon a rural elementary school

Rutherford, John Alby (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1960)
Studies of Hypoderma lineatum and Hypoderma bovis with especial reference to economic importance and control

Case, Leland Irving (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1929)
A study of private kindergartens in the state of Virginia

Sundheimer, Virginia Evans (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1953)
A study of the teaching of English in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades of Roanoke City and County

Stone, Mary Elizabeth (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1953)
A study of relationships between faculty and administration in certain elementary schools

Fleshood, Arnold Pendleton (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1954)
An evaluation of certain aspects of the study and teaching of piano technique

Medford, Benjamin Savage (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1953)
Implications for the teaching of school science arising from certain religious attitudes toward scientific facts and theories

Billingsley, Margaret McClung (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1954)
A study of certain Virginia teachers' utilization of library facilities

Smith, Nona Martin (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1953)
Determining the content of a farm power and machinery course for vocational agriculture high schools in Virginia

Thompson, Evans Guy (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1952)
Democratic ideals in our public schools as shown by current periodicals

Koontz, Bess Lucas (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1953)