The Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia from Academic American Encyclopedia CD-ROM, available in 1985. This is the first print encyclopedia to be published electronically , and is based on the 21-volume print encyclopedia of the same name. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia , which first appeared in 1995.

Over time, photographs, maps, sound files, video files, interactive features and Internet links were added. Updated quarterly, compact discs, multimedia increasingly deviates from the print media, and ultimately establish a product that truly independent. 2003