Berg, J. & Hicks, R. Successful design and delivery of a professional poster (link opens in new window). Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. (2017);29, 461-469.

Gundogan, B., Koshy, K., Kurar, L. & Whitehurst, K. How to make an academic poster (link opens in new window). Ann Med Surg (Lond), (2016); 11, 69-71.

Lang, R., Mintz, M., Krentz, H. B. & Gill, M. J. 2019. An approach to conference selection and evaluation: advice to avoid "predatory" conferences (link opens in new window). Scientometrics, (2019); 118, 687-698.

Rowe, N. & Ilic, D. Poster presentation - a visual medium for academic and scientific meetings (link opens in new window). Paediatr Respir Rev, (2011); 12, 208-13.

• Designing conference posters by Colin Purrington (link opens in new window) - This blog includes lots of tips for poster design and downloadable templates.
• How to design an award-winning conference poster by Tullio Rossi (link opens in new window) - This is a comprehensive blog post covering various aspects of conference posters including what they are, suggested layouts and some design tips.
• Use infographics to communicate your research (link opens in new window) - This blog post describes how infographics can be used to aid the communication of research data.
• Online image reference generator (link opens in new window)- This tool will generate a Harvard reference for any images used in a poster.

Eleanor and Veronica from the Medical Library have published a peer-reviewed journal article on the structure, form and content of conference posters:

Barker, E. and Phillips, V. Creating conference posters: structure, form and content (link opens in new window). Journal of Perioperative Practice (2021); 31 (7-8), 296-299.