UNC's Health Sciences Library has produced an online tutorial on designing effective posters. The tutorial outlines the criteria for designing effective posters and describes the tasks involved in creating a poster. Instructions for using both PowerPoint and Adobe InDesign are provided. Some background in either application is helpful but not required. The tutorial can be found here:
http://guides.lib.unc.edu/posters
There are several options locally for printing your poster:
- The Print Stop & Copy Center Located on the third floor of Student Stores. Services include: Black & White Copies, Color Copies, Digital Printing, Lamination, Posters & Banners, Binding, and FAX Services. Details at http://fa.unc.edu/enterprises/printing
- Health Sciences Library Media Design Studio (919) 962-0800 http://guides.lib.unc.edu/mds
- FedEx Office Print & Ship Center, 114 W. Franklin Street (919) 967-0790
