American Indian: A Multimedia Encyclopedia Social Studies School Service, Culver City, California, 1994. (1-800-421-4246) Uses text, images, and sounds to tell the history of indigenous North American cultures from prehistoric times to the 20th century. Cross-referenced are profiles of more than 150 North American tribes and succinct biographies of over 750 historical figures. Includes hundreds of photographs, drawings, maps, and full texts of documents on CD-ROM.
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: CD-ROM. January Productions, Hawthorne, New Jersey, 1995. (1-80-451-7450) Accurate and comprehensive encyclopedia on CD-ROM based on the 21 volume Academic American Enc yclopedia, many of whose contributors are authorities in their fields. Included are 53 video sequences, over 300 maps, over 6 hours of multimedia features, a good search engine, and approximately 33,000 articles supplemented with 8,000 photos.
Multicultural Chronicles. Social Studies School Service. Culver City, California, 1994. (1-800-421-4246) Macintosh software that allows students to inquire about people who have made positive contributions to America.