Digital Content Solutions from Follett Software are critical tools for schools and districts who want to be at the forefront of digital learning. Follett Software supports student success and learning through the ABC-CLIO Pop Culture Universe database annual subscription.  Please note, this is an internet based service.

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iPhone apps and Facebook fanpages. Internet memes and chatspeak. Movies, television, and music. Comics and graphic novels. Sports and pastimes. Fads, fashion, and fast food. Like it or not, pop culture defines our culture and society—and has a magnetic attraction for children and young adults. No surprise that teachers and librarians increasingly use pop culture to engage students in reading, writing, and research.

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. The exclusive Analyze sections help students understand the continuity in human interests across generations and provide everything needed for a lively, historical inquiry lesson.

Included Features:
 

• Real-time enhancements to continuously update existing entries and add brand-new content—at no extra cost.
• Provides access to over 3,000 entries adapted, updated, and reedited from award-winning content from Greenwood Press, Praeger Publishers, and ABC-CLIO.
• The Analyze sections present thought-provoking questions and various viewpoints on each controversial subject
• “Stories” sections offer informative, at-a-glance articles focused on describing major events and trends in pop culture from the 1900s to the present, from the Gibson Girls of the Gilded Age to the social media of the 2000s.
• Hundreds of photos illustrate all aspects of pop culture.