The following resources may be helpful in creating an excellent poster.

OARDC Poster Competition Guidelines

Books

Bloomfield, Victor A The Chicago guide to your career in science : a toolkit for students and postdocs / Victor A. Bloomfield and Esam E. El-Fakahany Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008  [Catalog link]

Briscoe, Mary Helen Preparing scientific illustrations : a guide to better posters, presentations, and publications / Mary Helen Briscoe New York : Springer, c1996 [Catalog link]

Davis, Martha Scientific papers and presentations / Martha Davis ; illustrations by Gloria Fry ; cover and frontpiece by Sheri Wheeler Wiltse San Diego, CA. : Academic Press, c2005 [Catalog link]

Gosling, Peter J Scientist's guide to poster presentations / Peter J. Gosling New York : Kluwer Academic, 1999 [Catalog link]

Nicol, Adelheid A. M Displaying your findings : a practical guide for creating figures, posters, and presentations / Adelheid A.M. Nicol and Penny M. Pexman Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2003 [Catalog link]

Figuratively speaking in the computer age : techniques for preparing and delivering presentations / authors, David M. Orchard ... [et al.] ; with a special introductory chapter by Gene Shinn Tulsa, Okla. : American Association of Petroleum Geologists : AAPG Bookstore [distributor], c2000 [Catalog link]

Websites

Handout

PowerPoint Posters: The How, What, Where, When & Why by Jody Lanham and Bonnie DeArmitt (PDF)

 

Prepared by Connie Britton

March 17, 2009