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Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters and More (Carter 2013)- ebook, online access via UVA
Presentations (visual aspects- see main resources page for additional presentation resources)
SLIDE RULES: DESIGN, BUILD, AND ARCHIVE PRESENTATIONS IN THE ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL FIELDS IEEE Professional Communication Series book; get free online access to the ebook with your UVA login
PRESENTING WITH SLIDES video from Texas A&M's University Writing Center
Why Bad Presentations Happen to Good Causes free pdf book
Posters
BETTER POSTERS Incredibly useful blog about academic posters with numerous posts that include tips for creating, presenting and revising posters, stand out examples, critiques and before and afters/makeovers of posters; be sure to check out the link round up posts for many more resources
HOW TO DESIGN AN AWARD WINNING CONFERENCE POSTER An article outlining key steps and practical perspectives for designing your poster
DESIGNING CONFERENCE POSTERS multipost resource by Colin Purrington with extensive linked list of poster resources, tips, templates, software suggestions and more
MIT COMMKIT ON POSTERS - scroll to the bottom for annotated examples; discipline specific guide from BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING/COMPUTER SCIENCE and CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
INFOGRAPHIC: TIPS FOR DESIGNING BETTER RESEARCH POSTERS
HOW TO CREATE A BETTER POSTER IN LESS TIME - animated explanation of a new style of poster design, see also BETTER POSTER'S CRITIQUE OF THIS DESIGN,
ALTERNATIVE POSTER TEMPLATES (ppt download) from American College of Chest Physicians
Visuals
GGPLOT2 a plotting system for R, based on the grammar of graphics; see the engineering library for FREE WORKSHOPS on R and GGPLOT2 (& other software)
MIT CommKits on Visual Communication from BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING/COMPUTER SCIENCE and CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
THE 10 BEST DATA VISUALIZATION ARTICLES OF 2016 (AND WHY THEY WERE AWESOME) An article showcasing examples and explanations of data visualizations
USING TABLES, FIGURES AND DIAGRAMS EFFECTIVELY IN YOUR WRITING Info sheet from The University of Queensland
INFORMATION VISUALIZATION available for free as an ebook through UVA library, technical reference, learn more about vizualization principles
FREE SOFTWARE FOR BIOLOGISTS PART 3- PREPARING FIGURES Overview of some free software for scientific visualizations including options for figures, diagrams and animations
DATA VISUALIZATION & DESIGN TEMPLATE links from Rice (scroll down)
Software Training
Library WORKSHOPS ON DATA VIZUALIZATION TOOLS
Materials, Slides, & Videos from past Library Software Workshops
Statistics Library Guide
Stat Lab Articles