Graduate Research Papers
The Graduate Research Paper/Project is a non-thesis paper/project, which can be considered the capstone of the graduate program. For the paper, students synthesize information they have learned throughout the program and apply it to the field experience. There are some papers/projects in this collection that were done for specific classes within the graduate curriculum. To view the Award Winners, click here.
From this page, you can browse our Graduate Research Papers by academic department or by the year of completion Some Graduate Research Papers/Projects are not eligible for open access.
Browse Graduate Research Paper/Project by academic department:
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Submissions from 1973
A literature survey of educational radio and its role in education, Pamela Susan Dinville Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What one more professional could do for the West Junior High library, Terry Dutcher Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Communication and cooperation between the classroom and the library, Paul W. Essig Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A survey of the reading habits, library usage, subject preferences, and achievement test scores of the ninth and eleventh graders in the Colo Community School, Arleyne M. Gildersleeve Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Status of Elementary Libraries in Iowa’s Middle-Sized Schools, Mary Esther Homan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Life and Works of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Catherine Ilene Hunter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Use of the Video Tape Recorder in the Secondary School, Janet McClure Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Library and the Disadvantaged, Ruth Millar Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Study of Career Information Materials in Communications and Media for the Junior High School Student, Pearl Fruth Miller Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Beatrix Potter Through the Years, Carol Porter Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Electric Company: A Survey of its Use in Iowa, Sharon K. Rose Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Study of Present and Future Librarians Reasons for a Fine or No Fine System in Secondary Schools, Robert Leroy Schuiteman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Survey of Professional Libraries in the Secondary Schools of Iowa, Joie Taylor Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1972
Powder Metallurgy, Harold L. Street Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Evolution in Education Individualization and Learning Activity Packets in Junior High Woodworking, Joseph Wysocki Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Experimental Project for Individualizing Instruction on the IBM Composer, James P. Cox Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Use of Hardboard and Particleboard for Composition Panels in Furniture Construction, Jerry Dean De Penning Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Preparing and Electroplating of Nonmetallic Materials, Dale A. Terhune Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Photo and magnetic gated bi-directional counter, Charles Burdette Kraemer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Photo Chemical Milling, Terry R. Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A study of attitudes toward discipline and discipline problems in secondary school libraries, Marie Allan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Enoch Pratt Free Library, Ruth A. Allen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A brief study of the place of the computer in the library, William Mitchell Andrews Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Public library systems in the United States, Alfred Baird Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An investigation of the comparative efficiency of the third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh grade students of New Hartford Community School's use of two types of card catalog arrangement, George Richard Berry Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A survey of the utilization of the video tape recorder in Iowa secondary schools, Thomas W. Bingaman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Negro in three junior novels, Linda Lea Donahue Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The school librarian and the elementary social studies curriculum, Gerald Richard Eberle Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Electrostatic Fluidized Bed Plastic Powder Coating Process, Richard H. Florer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Computerized Centralized Processing or Individual Cataloging and Processing for School Libraries: A Comparative Study, Mary Catherine Glentzer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Description of Background for the Children’s Book, Ice Cream Next Summer, Elaine Rose Govern Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Microforms in the Periodical Reference Library, Valeria Mary Herold Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Organizing a Community Resource File for the IMC, Janice Ann Holmes Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Taxonomy of Federal Aid Available to the Public Libraries of Iowa, Neal Jerome Johnson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Slide-Tape Introduction to a Unit on the American Indian, Linda L. Jones Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Annotated Bibliography of Historical Fiction for the Revolutionary Period of the United States, Glen Wayne Jordan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Library Services and Construction Act: Its Relation to Public Libraries, Kenneth K. Kannenberg Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Methods by Which an Elementary School Librarian Can Encourage Teachers to Effectively Utilize and Integrate Nonprint Materials, Andrea Fariss Litterer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Analysis and Criticism of the Life, Writings and Art of Beatrix Potter, Eileen F. Mardorf Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Library Cooperation, Myron Dean McGrew Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Critical Analysis of Mother Goose, Jeanne Opperman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Study on How the Male and Female Are Portrayed in Children’s Literature, Diane Jean Reed Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Portrayal of Blacks in Children’s Literature, Ilene Rewerts Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Brief Study of Budgeting for the School Library, Reid Edward Spencer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Building the Instructional Materials Center in the Small School, William G. Strabala Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Video Tape Recorder, Television and the High School Media Specialist, Margaret Kay White Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Librarian's Guide to the Use of the Elementary School Library, Larry Lee Williams Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1971
A survey of book selection practices and conditions in some Iowa high schools, James Justin Acton Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Mechanical Lettering Devices for Drafting, Wilson G. Forbes Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Production of Photographically Prepared Transparencies, Charles A. Lundeen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Mechanical testing of small, clear timber, Paul V. McClannahan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Photodrafting, Roger A. Smith Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Study of Dr. Donald Maley's Theory -- "Research and Experimentation in Industrial Arts", John Edward Ferree Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Effectiveness of library learning centers at the elementary school level, Jane W. Baker Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Retournez á la nature, Mary Jo Bruett Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Federally funded educational programs: Their purpose and implications for media specialists, Dorothy Jean Button Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Feasibility study of central processing centers for Iowa schools, Judith Dohse Casey Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Maria Edgeworth, Mary Whiteley Degner Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Analysis of the Life and Works of Charles Lamb, Donna Goettsch Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Effectiveness of a Sustained Silent Reading Program in the Elementary Learning Center, Phyllis M. Gowans Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Library Course of Study - Investigation Outline, Mary Hantelman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Flexible Plan for Developing Library Research Techniques Needed by Students in Junior High Schools, Ruth P. Harbour Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Historical Books for Use in High School United States History, Janet Kathryn Harms Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Comparative Study of the National Libraries of Scandinavia with the National Libraries of the United States, Elsa A. Hebbeln Open Access Graduate Research Paper
What’s Happening to the Elementary School Library?, Joan Henderson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Computer and Automation in the Library, Sally Jean Kremer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Instruction of Library Skills by Iowa Elementary Librarians in the Upper Elementary Grades, Lennis Kay Lange Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Comparison of the Selection and Circulation Policies of Regional Educational Media Centers in the State of Iowa, Nancy Ashton LaRue Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Comparison of Teaching the Use of the Card Catalog by Conventional Method and by Programmed Instruction, Annabel Meyer Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Library and Educational Innovations, Marlene Muller Prigge Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Extended Services Offered by the Media Center, Roberta Ann Rasmussen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Planning, Implementing, and Using a Media Center, Dorathea Tatum Stewart Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Three Illustrators: William Blake, George Cruikshank and Maurice Sendak, Patricia Twait Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Contributions of the School Library to the Learning Process, Alice Rose Weber Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1970
A program of library instruction for junior high school, Jane Lewis Abbas Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Production attachment for wood turning, Julian A. Olson Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Plastics: Mold design and fabrication, Duane H. Rippe Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Wood Flour Molding, Charles Reed Snyder Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Electrical Lighting Design, Thermthip Chamarakula Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Jigs and Fixtures in Wood Industries, Arno K. Grabe Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Study of Air Cleaners and The Effect of Air Cleaner Design on Horsepower, Roger D. McCulley Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Closed-Circuit Television in Industrial Arts, Larry L. Bradshaw Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The development of an instructional materials center in Reinbeck Community High School, Sally Brown Arends Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Low Pressure Die Casting, David V. Burkholder Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Patent drawing, John L. Byers Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Book selection policies in small Iowa high schools, Phyllis R. Cook Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Recreational reading in the elementary school, Doris Fistler Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The walrus and the carpenter, Linda Flanders Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Observation, Investigation, and Evaluation of Current Practices and Recommendations for an IMC Center for Grades K-6, Phyllis Grobe Open Access Graduate Research Paper
The Centralized Elementary Library: A Review of Selected Research of the Sixties, Allaire Hazen Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Survey of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Best Sellers, Vera Helena Osland Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Study of Considerations for Choice and Use of Copying Machines in the School Library, Robert D. Thoms Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1969
The Static and Dynamic Balance of Rotating Mechanisms in the Automobile, Joel E. Tjelmeland Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Industrial Arts Research Methods, Clinton E. Langstraat Open Access Graduate Research Paper
An economic study of the disadvantaged in Iowa, Clair E. Hein Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1967
An Analysis of Research Methods in Projects in Industrial Arts, Loren Seebach and Jim Sherman Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Submissions from 1965
Past Standards of Industrial Arts Teachers Education in Iowa and the Six States Surrounding Iowa, William R. Reams Open Access Graduate Research Paper
A Historical Study of Industrial Education in Iowa 1917 to 1965, Daniel L. Ryan Open Access Graduate Research Paper
