August 04, 2008
New Greenwood Database Informs American/World Popular Culture
Pop Culture Universe (PCU) from Greenwood Publishing, is an authoritative digital library of information on American and world popular culture, past and present. Built on hundreds of award-winning titles for all levels of researchers, PCU provides a safe haven for investigating topics that appeal to students — without the bias, advertising, suggestive content or questionable authorship of commercial or fan sites.
With more than 300 volumes of proprietary full-text material and 6,000 images, PCU's many features include:
- Easy navigation using a decade-driven navigational bar with at-a-glance overviews from the 1920s to the present. Includes best-of movies, TV shows, awards, stars, fads, buzzwords, fashions and news that defined each decade.
- Universal appeal of an educational database on a topic all patrons enjoy using, designed to increase library usage.
- Skills Center with research tutors, interactive wizards, lesson plans and full-text professional titles from Libraries Unlimited supports research at schools and universities and also gives public librarians a place to guide researchers to for help.
- Contemporary interface with Web 2.0 features such as a Blog, YouTube links, most-viewed pages and top searches makes PCU fun and easy to use. Finding content is easy. Use quick search, subject browse, the decades bar or just click most viewed to see the most popular searches.
Sign up for a free trial through BCR's website. Contact BCR's Maura Dunn (mdunn@bcr.org) for subscription and pricing information.
