Work consisting of single or multi-sheet notices made to attract attention to events, activities, causes, goods, or services. They are for posting, usually in a public place and are chiefly pictorial. They are intended to make an immediate impression from a distance. Posters do not include poster presentations at conferences and meetings. (From Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre and Physical Characteristic Headings, 1995)

Annotation

This heading is used as a Publication Type. not for poster presentations at meetings; The Publication Types ADVERTISEMENT & BROADSIDE are also available. Posters as a subject are indexed under the main heading POSTERS AS TOPIC. INDEXER: Do not use

DUI

D019519 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0029005

History note

2008(1997)